Settlement Established

Famous quotes containing the words settlement and/or established:

“The Settlement ... is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems which are engendered by the modern conditions of life in a great city. It insists that these problems are not confined to any one portion of the city. It is an attempt to relieve, at the same time, the overaccumulation at one end of society and the destitution at the other ...”
—Jane Addams (1860–1935)

“Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)