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Post by Tamrin on May 16, 2014 11:36:44 GMT 10
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy
the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess
Bro. A. Philip Randolph
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Post by Tamrin on May 16, 2014 11:46:31 GMT 10
The test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members
Peal S. Buck
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Let all bear in mind that a society is judged not so much by the standards attained by its more
affluent and privileged members as by the quality of life which it is able to assure for its weakest members
Javier Perez de Cuellar
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A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members
M.K. Ghandi
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The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children;
those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped
Herbert Hoover
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization
Samuel Johnson
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil
Robert Kennedy
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Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest
Cardinal Roger Mahony
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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power
Harriet Martineau
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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members
Pope John Paul II |
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Post by Tamrin on May 16, 2014 12:06:32 GMT 10
As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the
degree that they practice or neglect to practice the primary duties of justice and humanity
William H. Seward
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Post by Tamrin on May 16, 2014 12:07:53 GMT 10
If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity
and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up
Adrienne Rich
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Post by Tamrin on May 17, 2014 8:12:42 GMT 10
Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute
popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less
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Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have,
a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised
Herbert Croly
(Died this day 1930) |
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Post by Tamrin on May 19, 2014 19:30:15 GMT 10
The whole of society ought to strive towards the amelioration of the moral and physical existence
of the poorest class; society ought to organize itself in the way best adapted for attaining this end
Comte de Saint-Simon
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Post by Tamrin on May 22, 2014 9:11:41 GMT 10
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much
it is whether we provide enough for those who have little
Bro. Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Post by Tamrin on May 22, 2014 9:12:55 GMT 10
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich
John F. Kennedy |
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Post by Tamrin on May 22, 2014 9:33:32 GMT 10
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin
Charles Darwin |
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