“In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from a knave.” MenLittlesPoorRichConditionsHonestNeighborRich ManPoor ManKnaves Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Prostitution requires for its diminution not only laws, well enforced, to abolish the traffic in womanhood; not only better social protection against harpies who seduce young girls seeking an honest livelihood; not only better chaperonage of young girls in exposed occupations; not only better opportunities for natural enjoyment of youthful pleasure under morally safe conditions; not only these - but most of all, greater power on the part of the average young girl to earn her own support under right conditions and for a living wage.” WellsLawYoungGirlOpportunitySocialNaturalPleasurePowerSupportGreaterConditionsHonestSafeAverageSeekingProtectionEnjoymentOccupationExposedTrafficWomanhoodProstitutionAbolishLivelihoodSeducingLiving WageGreater PowerHarpies Author:Anna Garlin Spencer
“Is there a wrong way to say "I don't know"? Yes. When we declare ignorance, it should be a) honest and b) in the spirit of opening ourselves up to hearing, to learning, to receiving. When we say "I don't know" under these conditions, the words can forge connection, healing, growth. But when we resist or disavow knowledge, when we profess ignorance as a way of donning armor and evading accountability, then we make a mockery of those words, and we rupture connections not only with others but within ourselves, within our souls.” KnowsWayShouldSoulSpiritGrowthHealingConditionsHonestIgnoranceConnectionsHearingOpeningAccountabilityReceivingArmorMockeryWrong WayRupture Author:Leah Hager Cohen
“We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.” MenWantAcceptingDemocracyConditionsHonestTasksBraveDeterminedCitizenshipHonest ManGift From GodBrave ManReservationsNo Reservations Author:A. Philip Randolph
“I hold the value of life is to improve one's condition. Whatever is calculated to advance the condition of the honest, struggling laboring man, so far as my judgment will enable me to judge of a correct thing, I am for that thing.” MenLife IsValuesStruggleConditionsHonestJudgingJudgmentValue Of Life Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln