We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.
Interpretation
Children are influenced by circumstances, but we should not neglect our responsibility towards them.
This quote highlights the idea that while children may face challenges and adversities that are beyond their control, it is our duty to ensure that they receive care, attention, and support. It calls upon society to be proactive in nurturing and guiding children, rather than allowing them to fall victim to neglect, emphasizing the importance of fostering their growth and development.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about child welfare and the importance of education.
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.
I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children - not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women - not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.
A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility.
My chief identity, to my mind, was not 'writer' but 'college dropout.'
Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.
The knowledge we now consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information effective in action, information focused on results. Results are outside the person, in society and economy, or in the advancement of knowledge itself. To accomplish anything this knowledge has to be highly specialized.
Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting arguments to develop the skills and discipline required to produce a coherent analysis, based on logic and evidence. The implications of having so many people so incapable of confronting opposing arguments with anything besides ad hominem responses reach far.
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