The fundamental thing in all this is that every workman who is expected by society to remain independent of public relief and capable of self-support must be guaranteed, in so far as that is possible, an opportunity for obtaining those necessaries essential to physical efficiency. Such a standard is the basis of almost everything; for, unless men can retain their physical efficiency, they must degenerate.


p. 6-7 - Poverty (1912)

Robert Hunter Quotes

The fundamental thing in all this is that every workman who is expected by society to remain independent of public relief and capable of self-support ...

The fundamental thing in all this is that every workman who is expected by society to remain independent of public relief and capable of self-support ...

The fundamental thing in all this is that every workman who is expected by society to remain independent of public relief and capable of self-support ...

The fundamental thing in all this is that every workman who is expected by society to remain independent of public relief and capable of self-support ...