Quote by Adlai Stevenson
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. - Adlai

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. – Adlai Stevenson

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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. – Adlai Stevenson

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Earth
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Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Adlai Stevenson

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Patriotism
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[A]t present my chief work is on the manuscripts of the library—a blessed lot, as nothing could be more interesting, as bringing me into close touch with the ancients, to whom I now belong. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909 #oldsoul

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The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. – Clarence Darrow

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Generations

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. – Lewis Mumford, The Brown Decades

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Its all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. – George Bernard Shaw

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Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may. – Daniel Webster

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The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace. – Gustav Heinemann

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[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. – Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History

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As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives. – John O. Brennan

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