If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights.
Jane AddamsWe have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.
Jane AddamsPrivate beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.
Jane Addams