I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon a basis of . . . individualism, conquest and exploitation . . . A social order such as this, built upon such wrong and basic principles, is bound to retard the development of all. The output of a cotton mill or a coal mine is considered of greater importance than the production of healthy, happy-hearted and free human beings. We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name.
Helen Keller...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
Helen KellerScience may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.
Helen KellerWhen one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.
Helen Keller