A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."
Jane AddamsIn the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.
Jane AddamsIf 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