#young people

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people. ↗

— Elijah Cummings

#across #among #communities #deaths #effects

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#art #because #compete #discipline #even

Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future. ↗

— Mark Foley

#against #american #american government #assuring #elderly

I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that. ↗

— John Denver

#gift #i #like #many #much

I think the biggest problem in the world is that we have a generation of young people, and maybe two, who don't think it's going to get any better. ↗

— John Denver

#better #biggest #biggest problem #generation #get

I want our young people to believe as we did that there is no goal too high to reach if they are willing to work. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#did #goal #high #i #our

On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could no longer stand the shedding of blood in this tragic adventure in Southeast Asia. ↗

— William Kunstler

#asia #because #blood #could #decided

I meet a lot of young people in the Midwest, and I saw what a difference a show like In the Life can make to their lives in some of these small towns where, you know, there are probably two gay people in the whole damn town. ↗

— Lesley Gore

#difference #gay #i #know #life

Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#education #exposes #full #hope #opportunity

I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to fill them - that is generally acknowledged now. ↗

— D. W. Griffith

#acknowledged #am #depicting #fill #folks