Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is the guardian become subordinate to that.
Jane AddamsThe worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.
Jane AddamsThe classical city promoted play with careful solicitude, building the theater and stadium as it built the market place and the temple.
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