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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
(5,503 posts)Permanut
(7,832 posts)is found in how it treats its weakest and most helpless citizens."
- President James Carter.
mysteryowl
(7,821 posts)bottomofthehill
(9,321 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
(7,821 posts)Martin Eden
(15,234 posts)It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,626 posts)takes my breath away! Thank you, Martin.
Martin Eden
(15,234 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
(9,727 posts)
