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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

Other quotes by Adlai Stevenson

America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact – the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality. – Adlai Stevenson

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Independence Day
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Adlai Stevenson
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson

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

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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. – Charles Dudley Warner

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Generations

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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Generations

Some men so dislike the dust kicked up by the generation they belong to, that, being unable to pass, they lag behind it. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Generations

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Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt – all this can do more for a childs well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Ive been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. Its great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite you look back and its all fixed so its a scary thing. – Damien Hirst

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. – Walter Benjamin

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