Child Labor And Poverty Are Inevitably Bound

I Stand On The Sidewalk Watching It Because The Responsibility Is Mine And I Must, I Take A Very Firm Hold On The Handles Of The Baby Carriage And I Wheel It Into The Traffic.

The First And Continuing Argument For The Curtailment Of Working Hours And The Raising Of The Minimum Age Was That Education Was Necessary In A Democracy And Working Children Could Not Attend School.

Sometimes When I Get Home At Night In Washington I Feel As Though I Had Been In A Great Traffic Jam.

Children, It Should Be Repeated, Are Not Pocket Editions Of Adults, Because Childhood Is A Period Of Physical Growth And Development, A Period Of Preparation For Adult Responsibility And Public And Private Life. A Program Of Children Cannot Be Merely An Adaptation Of The Program For Adults, Nor Should It Be Curtailed During Periods Of Depression Or Emergency Expansion Of Other Programs.

Justice For All Children Is The High Ideal In A Democracy.