Quote by Pearl S. Buck

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all

Summary

This quote suggests that the success or failure of the American way of life is dependent on the well-being and opportunities provided to children. It emphasizes the collective responsibility of ensuring that children are properly cared for and provided with the necessary support to thrive. If a child is failed, it implies that society and the system in place are failing as well since our way of life should contribute to the welfare and future success of the younger generation.

Topics

By Pearl S. Buck

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passio

The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs.

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Life Death Truth

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

Except that right side up is best, there is not much to lear

Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and fifty-two distinctly different ways --and all are right! At least all will do.

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

Publilius Syrus

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.

Frank M. Garafola

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizin

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

William Dean Howells

... I was reminded of a remark of Willa Cather's, that you c

... I was reminded of a remark of Willa Cather's, that you can't paint sunlight, you can only paint what it does with shadows on a wall. If you examine a life, as Socrates has been so tediously advising us to do for so many centuries, do you really examine a life, or do you examine the shadows it casts on other lives? Entity or relationships? Objective reality or the vanishing point of a multiple perspective exercise? Prism or the rainbows it refracts? And what if you're the wall? What if you never cast a shadow or rainbow of your own, but have only caught those cast by others?

Wallace Stegner, The Spectator B