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Quotes from The Greatest Generation Speaks — Tom Brokaw

born 1940 United States

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To the men and women of the greatest generation with gratitude and admiration

The Greatest Generation Speaks (1999)

Any journalist would be flattered to have his or her work become a catalyst for reflection and examination, but I have no illusion about my personal role in all this. I was merely the reporter, the vehicle for people's stories and the lessons they contained.

The Greatest Generation Speaks (1999)

This is a book crafted by many memories, youthful insights, and the wisdom that come with seasons of despair and triumph. It is, most of all, another tribute to the men and women who rode the teacherous currents and sailed with the fair winds of most of the twentieth century.

The Greatest Generation Speaks (1999)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tom Brokaw (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.