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Honoring a generation's sacrifice

These Greatest Generation quotes honor the World War II era, a period many describe as producing the most capable generation any society has built, defined by shared Sacrifice.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Generation
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Nov 07, 2020

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

Quotes by Tom Brokaw

Politics
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Nov 07, 2020

For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our politics and foreign policy, and our lives.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Garden
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Nov 07, 2020

The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop.

Quotes by Margaret Carlson

Generation
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Nov 07, 2020

World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.

Quotes by Jim Webb

Nov 07, 2020

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.

Quotes by Hugh Shelton

Hat
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Nov 07, 2020

Americans have a profound longing for heroes - now perhaps more than ever. We need our explorers, our sports icons, our Medal of Freedom winners, our Nobel laureates. We need our Greatest Generation warriors, our 'Sully' Sullenbergers, our Neil Armstrongs. On some level, we still subscribe to the myth of the man in the white hat.

Quotes by Hampton Sides

Nov 07, 2020

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.

Others contrast that generation with the ones that followed, weighing what Legacy was actually passed down.

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