Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.
Herbert HooverRead
. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
Interpretation
Youth carries the burden of the consequences that follow war.
Herbert Hoover's quote reflects on the reality that the younger generation will ultimately bear the results of the conflicts waged by their predecessors. It speaks to the heavy responsibilities placed on youth as they inherit not only the triumphs and successes post-war but also the deep sorrow and tribulations that arise from the horrors of battle, emphasizing the cyclical nature of history and the consequences of human actions.
In practice
In a speech about the impact of war on future generations.
Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.
No prosaic description can portray the grandeur of 40 miles of rugged mountains rising beyond a placid lake in which each shadowy precipice and each purple gorge is reflected with a vividness that rivals the original.
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer.
Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse.
The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.
I'd been raised Mormon, but there comes a time where you are not following what you've been taught, but discovering for yourself if it's true.
I'm always Peter Pan in my heart
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man, far from being freed from his natural passions, was plunged into artificial ones quite as violent and much more disappointing.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
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