Quote by Thomas Jefferson
We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. – Thomas Jefferson

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The longer I live the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. – Oscar Wilde

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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. – Adlai Stevenson

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Twenty cant be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twentys eternal love affairs. – Emily Carr

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What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. – Anthony Crosland

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