“The emerging picture is one where slavery, oppression and exploitation of society's most vulnerable members have by no means been consigned to the past.” MeanPastMembersSlaveryOppressionVulnerableExploitationEmerging Author:Juan Somavia
“A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.” DyingMembersTreatsBasesVulnerableJudgedUnborn Author:Pope John Paul II
“In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways.” WayNeedsInterestingPowerfulEnvironmentMembersSpeciesVulnerableDestructiveFragile Author:Andrew Motion
“We must act now and wake up to our moral obligations. The poor and vulnerable are members of God's family and are the most severely affected by droughts, high temperatures, the flooding of coastal cities, and more severe and unpredictable weather events resulting from climate change. We, who should have been responsible stewards preserving our vulnerable, fragile planet home, have been wantonly wasteful through our reckless consumerism, devouring irreplaceable natural resources.” ShouldHas BeensHomeNaturalPoorCitiesMoralEventsPlanetsMembersResourcesShould HaveWake UpResponsibleClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeObligationWeatherVulnerableAffectedFragileSustainabilityConsumerismSevereUnpredictableTemperatureRecklessShould Have BeenNatural ResourcesDroughtStewardsIrreplaceableFloodingMoral ObligationDevouringCoastalPoor And Vulnerable Author:Desmond Tutu
“Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through courageous protest, as happened in Germany, as well, as in compassionate care for the most vulnerable members of society, as Mother Teresa did. In both approaches theology - what one believes about God and human life - matters. The world desperately needs that good news.” WorldNeedsBelieveHumansWellsImportantMatterPlayCareChristianLife IsMotherValuesCan DoRolesHappenedMembersApproachNewsTheologyVulnerableHuman LifeGermanyProtestCourageousCompassionateGood NewsTeresaContending Author:Philip Yancey
“The bottom half of humanity is living in severe poverty; not all of them are malnourished or severely deprived now, but they are extremely vulnerable to even small upsets in their income or in the prices they face of basic necessities, and when something like this happens, they can be thrown off kilter in terms of a disease of a family member or a change in food prices; anything like that can throw them into destitution.” HappensFacesHumanityTermHalfPovertyMembersDiseaseBottomIncomeVulnerableUpsetThrownSevereDeprivedFamily Members Author:Thomas Pogge
“In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.” NeedsBelieveLawNationsViewsCrimeTerribleMembersResourcesAbuseHarmVulnerableOur SocietyChild AbuseExploitationViciousSeriousnessOutrageousAbused Children Author:Bob Ney
“If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.” IfsBelieveCareValuesMembersVulnerableValue Of Life Author:Joni Eareckson Tada