In this 1940 article, Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962) argues for a benevolent government:
“We are beginning to realize that what the family can do must be supplemented by what the community can do for its children. Population and income studies show that in many cases the ability of a community to supplement the family income and to contribute to a child’s well-being is particularly low in the areas where we have the greatest number of children. Where the local income falls short I think the state or even the nation should be called upon to make this equality of basic rights applicable to every child.”
Click here to read Mrs. Roosevelt’s understanding of the Japanese-American internment camps…
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