Social advance depends quite as much upon an increase in moral sensibility as it does upon a sense of duty.
Jane AddamsNothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Jane AddamsI am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislatures, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.
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 Addams