"Freedom is never more than one generation..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
More by Ronald Reagan
“The [Carter] administration doesn't know the difference between a diplomat and a doormat.”
“For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the American tradition. Self-defense is not only our right, it is our duty.”
“Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.”
More on Freedom
“Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!”
“No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.”
“But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of therest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.”
More on Generations
“The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.”
“...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have differnt stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction - towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people.”
“My generation was maybe the last in which you could set up shop as a writer and hope to make a living at it.”