The Future

‘A new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage’ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
‘Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the cold war assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds’
William Jefferson Clinton


In the quotes, the two greatest Democratic politicians in the last 40 years shed light on what they call their generation. But now we must ask, what is our generation—what will we be know for? We live in a world of unparalleled peace and prosperity, and yet there is still hatred and there is still genocide and there is still injustice. Will we be the ones who fix these problems, or will we sweep them under the rug? The events in the first decade of our century have been numerous enough to span lifetimes, and the progress we have made is significant. But what will the next five years be like, and for that matter, what about the next fifty?