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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.

— Wynton Marsalis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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.

— Tim Heidecker

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

— Demi Moore

There aren't many people who really put their life on the line for human freedom.

— Niall Ferguson

There is not that much of a generation gap these days.

— Chris Frantz

It does not have to be that the greatest generation is behind us. It does not have to be that our children will have a lower standard of living. It will be that way if we choose to believe that. I choose not to believe that.

— Glenn Beck

Every generation has to protect every one of their rights, whether that's freedom of the press, freedom of speech, or freedom of faith. You have to remain diligent.

— James Lankford

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.

— Phil Klay

The generation that comes next is always going to rebel against the generation that came before, and they're always going to be at odds with each other.

— Jillionaire

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

— Martha Plimpton

✗Opposing Perspectives

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away.

— Julian Bond