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“Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of...” Barack Obama, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 2009

“Our strife pertains to ourselves—to the passing generations of men—and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.” Abraham Lincoln, “State of the Union Address” - 1 December 1862

“Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn’t require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.” JAY-Z, “Decoded” - 2010

“sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hypereducated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of kindly humour which belonged to an older day.” James Joyce, “Dubliners” - 1914

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