Anonymous Quotes
Bread for the Needy, clothing for the naked, and houses for the homeless.
Slogan and chant of 20,000 unemployed protesters, Chicago 1873
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This kind of ethical and moral commitment to others who are need distinguished Kasich from most Republicans of his time.
Normally, this would not be a particularly noteworthy quotation. However, at the time the Republican Party had shifted far to the right–more so than at any other time since its inception. The primary election he was in brought out the most right wing members of the party, which was for gutting the social safety net, did not see health care as a right, and even wanted to terminate Obamacare and Social Security as it existed. Yet when asked in a nationwide TV interview, what the government should do for the poor and destitute who could not afford health care or other necessities. His courageous answer and position doomed his bid for the presidential nomination.
Mitchell was the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat. The few other Blacks were Republicans from the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. The President was FDR and Mitchell was elected in the midst of the Great Depression.
Weaver thought that the huge Federal land holdings should only be used to give land to homeless people. With land, they could build shelter, plant food, and raise cattle. In modern times it is much more difficult to help the homeless for few people could survive on a parcel of land even if given.
These were the 7 essential goods and services to which all citizens should be enitled. All else she views as luxuries.
