The Time of Our Lives Quotes

“Enjoy life, it’s ungrateful not to,” said Ronald Reagan.”
― Peggy Noonan, The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings

“Again: What does it mean when your first act is to break the laws of your new country? What does it mean when you know you are implicitly supported in lawbreaking by that nation’s ruling elite? What does it mean when you know your new country doesn’t even enforce its own laws? What does it mean when you don’t even have to become an American once you join America?”
― Peggy Noonan, The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings

“Things change. Time changes them. Great nations, and institutions, rethink. But only if they’re great.”
― Peggy Noonan, The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings

“Here is my concern. There are not fewer children living stressed, chaotic lives in America now, there are more. There will be more still, because among the things America no longer manufactures is stability. And the culture around them will not protect them, as the culture protected me. The culture around them will make their lives harder, more frightening, more dangerous. They are going to come up with nothing to believe in, their nerves essentially shot. And they’re going to be—they are already—very angry.”
― Peggy Noonan, The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings