“People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.”
Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986) American journalist
Source: On the Contrary (1964), Ch. 7
“It is the natural fault of young people to think too well of mankind [...].”
Book I, ch. II, The Passage from Madeira to the Cape Verd Islands, and from thence to the Cape of Good Hope.
A Voyage Round the World (1777)
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“Young people suffer less from their faults than from the prudence of the old.”
Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747) French writer, a moralist
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.
“It bodes well for the future that young people are thinking so intently about political issues.”
Jo Cox (1974–2016) UK politician
On a return visit to their former school, Heckmondwike Grammar School — Emmerdale actress Tracy Brabin and Labour politician Jo Cox return to Heckmondwike Grammar School http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-news/emmerdale-actress-tracy-brabin-labour-7818688 (23 September 2014)
“The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.”
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
Göran Persson (1949) Swedish politician, Swedish Social Democratic Party, thirty-second Prime minister of Sweden
Answering a question about his weaknesses in the Swedish newspaper Expressen (August 30, 2000).
“A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads.”
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
During appearance on "Tonight Show" (21 February 2014) http://washingtonexaminer.com/michelle-obama-young-people-are-knuckleheads/article/2544377 <br class="br">2010s
“I think too many promising young minds are wasted on it.”
Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
On college graduates considering law as a career: Address to the Claremont McKenna College Res Publica Society Luncheon http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/temp_fn.asp?volumeFN=22&issueFN=05&articleFN=10&typeFN=s (31 January 2007). <br class="br">2000s