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“There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace.”
“A society is a cooperative venture for the mutual advantage of its members.”
“The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income.”
“The "general welfare" is not the sphere of truth; for truth demands to be declared even if it is ugly and unethical.”
“Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.”
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
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Welfare is a 1975 film directed by Frederick Wiseman. It examines the welfare system in the United States, both from the viewpoints of the officials and the claimants. Welfare is considered Wiseman's masterpiece.