...appear largely to have escaped Hume's notice. It is doubtful that he would have agreed with Johnson that "a decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization" (Life of Johnson 2 : 1 30) . Yet for all their differences, Hume and Johnson share a central commitment...

...the results? The Poor On CHAPTERS the Picture Tube The "Debates" on Welfare and Health Care Reform A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson (d.1784) The function of the state as the guardian of the public wellbeing assures...

...with poverty and nation in the realm of moral philosophy, as reflected in Samuel Johnson's adage - 'A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization' - to later popular concerns for the reputation of Britain as Europe's first industrialized nation,...

...implement the cure." It is a message he did not try to take to Miami's blacks. 8. The Non-Succeeders "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." — Samuel Johnson THERE WAS some deep athletic chatter behind me, on the plane. But it was not till...

...quotes Samuel Johnson, who very likely originated the first definition of the poverty line in 1770: "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. . . . The condition of the lower orders, the poor especially, was the true mark of national discrimination."...

...begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization." — Webster "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." — Samuel Johnson "The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members."...

...p. 19. 33. Poppendieck 1998, p. 5. 34. Turshen 1986, p. 891. 35. Samuel Johnson once observed that "a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." Surely this is true, and it serves as an indictment of affluent society. But liberation theology delivers...

...harsh and dreadful thing, compared with love in dreams. —Father Zossima in The Brothers Karamazov A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. —Samuel Johnson in James Boswell's Life of Johnson CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations...

...the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon becomes to an end. Aristotle A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Samuel Johnson It is easy to envisage government arising out of pristine anarchy to fulfill a collective...

...Eighty percent of these hold jobs (60 percent full time) and 20 percent are in training.192 SUMMARY "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. " Samuel Johnson The shamefulness of governments — especially rich governments — countenancing...