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“The Justice of today is born of yesterday's pity.”

Book:The United States Children's Bureau, 1912-1972

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The United States Children's Bureau, 1912-1972

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Julia Lathrop

Julia Lathrop, a prominent social reformer and activist, was born on June 29, 1858, and passed away on April 15, 1932. She made significant contributions in the fields of child welfare, social services, and labor reform. more

“I might believe I had unusual talent if I did not know what good music was; I might enjoy half an hour's practice a day if I were busy and happy the rest of the time. You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed! I am simply smothered and sickened with advantages. It is like eating a sweet dessert the first thing in the morning.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Believe Mean Might Enjoy Hours Half Practice Morning Talent Sweet Eating Advantage Difficulty Busy Unusual Dessert Life Means

Author:Jane Addams

“It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages.”

Mean Body Levels Struggle Forever Overcoming Difficulty Pressure Workers Rate Reasonable Wages Fringe Skirts

Author:Florence Kelley

“Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith.”

Faces Principles Eternal Depth Rely Rooted Unchangeable

Book:Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch

Source: Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch

“It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this is vastly important, for politics is so largely a matter of emphasis.”

Giving Important Different Matter Views Point Of View Emphasis Different Points Of View

Book:Crystal Eastman on women and revolution

Source: Crystal Eastman on women and revolution

“The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.”

Government Law Given Decision Position Committees Council Judicial

Author:Charles Tupper

“That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest.”

Men Children Wish Parent Religious Justice Instruction Compelled Antagonism

Author:Charles Tupper

“A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawn between the rights and the privileges that were enjoyed and that were taken away.”

May Country Taken Rights Constitution Privilege Enjoyed Distinction Broads Rights And Privileges

Author:Charles Tupper

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