#generation

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning. ↗

— George F. Kennan

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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

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Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

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It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We don't want genocide. We don't want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage. ↗

— Alveda King

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We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation. ↗

— John Thune

#daughters #father #generation #just #must

The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations. ↗

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

#generations #individuals #nation

I could never have imagined that firing 67 people on national television would actually make me more popular, especially with the younger generation. ↗

— Donald Trump

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We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life. ↗

— Theophrastus

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Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations. ↗

— Diane Watson

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Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history. ↗

— Jim Walsh

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