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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe true measure of a society...
is how it treats its elderly, pets and prisons.
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rickyhall
(5,506 posts)Permanut
(8,007 posts)is found in how it treats its weakest and most helpless citizens."
- President James Carter.
mysteryowl
(8,100 posts)bottomofthehill
(9,332 posts)Vice President Hubert Humphrey, ...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.
mysteryowl
(8,100 posts)Martin Eden
(15,368 posts)It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,775 posts)takes my breath away! Thank you, Martin.
Martin Eden
(15,368 posts)One of the biggest tragedies - for society and for individual children - is lost potential due to lack of quality education, mentoring, and parenting.
We simply do not value our children enough.
OldBaldy1701E
(10,225 posts)
