The test of civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Pearl S. Buck

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Caring for the vulnerable Civilization Politics

Author

Pearl S. Buck

Source

My Several Worlds

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Novelist Writer

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China Asia

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Citation

Buck, Pearl S. My Several Worlds. John Day Company, 1954.

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Habit and custom may be the wisdom of unlettered men, but they come from the sound ancient heart of humanity.

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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.