“We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us.” NeedsCan DoKnowledgeGenerations Book:Asger Jorn Source: Asger Jorn
“The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked away barriers to opportunity and laid the foundation for a better future. Our people -- with all their drive and ingenuity -- always end up building the rest. And if we can do that again -- if we can continue building that foundation and making those hard decisions on behalf of the next generation -- I have no doubt that we will leave our children the America that we all hope for.” PeopleIfsChildrenEndsHardGovernmentAmericaNextOpportunityCan DoDecisionRolesDoubtPlansGenerationsBuildingOur ChildrenFoundationDetailsOutcomesNo DoubtBarriersBehalfNext GenerationIngenuityBetter FutureHard DecisionRole Of Government Author:Barack Obama
“No generation can do another generation's work for it. What we human beings can do at most is to mark out the pathway a little clearer for the generations to come after, and put legible signboards at the points where the greatest dangers have threatened us, in the hope that our posterity will read, understand, and be warned.” HumansLittlesCan DoHuman BeingsGenerationsDangerMarkThreatenedPosterityPathways Author:Joseph Alexander Leighton
“Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.” IfsWantWarUseRealityTogetherPoliticsFeltCan DoLeadershipJusticeHistoryDemocracyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStrategyUnityCongressHuman RightsIdeologyVietnamForeign PolicyVietnam War Author:Antonin Scalia
“But we can do nothing for the human future that we will not do for the human present. For the amelioration of the future condition of our kind we must look, not to the wealth or the genius of the coming generations, but to the quality of the disciplines and attitudes that we are preparing now for their use.” HumansLooksKindUseCan DoWealthAttitudeQualityGenerationsConditionsGeniusDisciplineEnvironmentalSustainabilityPreparing Book:A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural Source: A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural
“The console games, as they come out with this new generation, will have a temporary advantage in price performance, but there are still many things you can do on a PC, more conveniently than you can do on a console machine.” StillsGamesCan DoGenerationsAdvantageMachinesPerformancesTemporaryNew GenerationConsole Author:Will Wright