Our society must
make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted
by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its
helpless members.~Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), My
Several Worlds [1954].
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
~Samuel Johnson, Boswell: Life of
Johnson
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the
amount of security enjoyed by minorities.~John E. E. Dalberg, Lord Acton, The History of Freedom in Antiquity, [1877].
"...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. " ~ Last Speech of Hubert H. Humphrey
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi
"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats
its weakest members -- the last, the least, the littlest."
~Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life
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