Quotes About Youth

We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don't understand this.

If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.

I knew at that young age that going to the Bureau of Indian Affairs was useless, absolutely useless. I grew up having no faith in the bureaucracy of government.

Right now there's kind of a generational change. Young Americans do not trust this government. Without trusting government you can't do a lot of things.

The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

Boredom is the specter that haunts children from kindergarten to graduation on every continent.

When I was your age, we didn't have the Internet in our pants. We didn't even have the Internet not in our pants. That's how bad it was.

One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.

Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things!

We must be young to do great things.

These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.

That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our public schools.

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.

Skill development remains our priority. We are blessed with a demographic dividend that can take us to great heights.

The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes.

Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.