There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.
It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.
Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it.
I am concerned with only one thing, the moral and social conditions of my generation.
Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.
Each generation looks to its children to keep our society moving and to make life better.
When I get out across the country and listen to people, the resentment that I see and the frustration that I see is that we have a generation of people who are fairly convinced that their kids are not going to have a better quality of life or a better future than they will.
Every generation is equidistant from God.
Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved.
I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary people up, expose them to extremes of human behavior and unimaginable tests of integrity and courage, and then deposit them back on the home front.