Churchill said that you measure the degree of civilisation of a society by how it treats its weakest members.
Truman said a society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members.
“Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members — the last, the least, the littlest.”
~Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life
It is said that the worth of society can be measured by the manner in which it treats its weakest member.
“The greatness of any city can be judged by the way it treats its weakest member.” You can judge the character and quality of life in a community by how it treats its weakest members
It is said that a civilization is measured by how it treats its weakest members – including, of course, it children.
The greatness of America is in how it treats its weakest members: the elderly, the infirm, the handicapped, the underprivileged, the unborn.
~Bill Federer
“The test of any society is how it treats its weakest members.”
“The moral test of any society is how it treats its weakest members.”
“A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying,”
~Pope John Paul II
If one considers the observation that the worth and dignity of a civilization is judged by the way it the treats its weakest members, we cannot help but look back in shame at our past.
~Social Justice Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow, A Critical Reflection, By Rudolf Rickes
Warren Buffet’s take (more about how things should work) which I’ve always loved: “Let’s say that it was 24 hours before you were born, and a genie appeared and said, ‘What I’m going to do is let you set the rules of the society into which you will be born. You can set the economic rules and the social rules, and whatever rules you set will apply during your lifetime and your children’s lifetimes.’ And you’ll say, ‘Well, t
