In the Hands of the People: Thomas Jefferson on Equality, Faith, Freedom, Compromise, and the Art of Citizenship

by Jon Meacham

Let us follow no such examples, nor weakly believe that one generation is not as capable as another of taking care of itself, and of ordering its own affairs. THOMAS JEFFERSON TO SAMUEL KERCHEVAL, JULY 12, 1816

Good quote to use when aspersions are cast on the younger generation.