The generation which lived ...

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe\'s great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
 Jan Peter Balkenende

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
 Jan Peter Balkenende