“No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.” ChildrenDoePoliticianThreatenedProtective Author:Andrew Vachss
“Each child represents either a potential addition to the protective capacity and enlightened citizenship of the nation or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a potential addition to the destructive forces of a community. . . . The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this array of children no less than in our great material affairs.” IfsChildrenSufferingForceNationsInterestCommunityMaterialsInvolvedCapacityAffairWelfareDestructiveEnlightenedNeglectCitizenshipProtective Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“We must let the world know children’s stories and we must take effective protective, legal and political actions to ensure that as many children as possible are spared the brutalities of war. Our joint action has, and will, make a difference, if only we make the effort.” IfsKnowsWorldChildrenWarStoriesActionPoliticalDifferencesEffortMaking A DifferenceJointsProtectiveBrutalityPolitical Action Author:Radhika Coomaraswamy
“What mothers do - they act with love, at least good mothers do! They have a spirit of strong, fierce, protective energy - the way a mother would put her life on the line for her children - we need to put our life on the line for each other.” WayNeedsChildrenSpiritMotherEnergyStrongLinesOur LivesFierceProtectiveGood Mother Author:Elizabeth Lesser