If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights.
Jane AddamsBut the paradox is here: when cultivated people do stay away from a certain portion of the population, when all social advantages are persistently withheld, it may be for years, the result itself is pointed to as a reason and is used as an argument for the continued withholding.
Jane Addams