It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Choosing to end a child's life for your own comfort is a profound poverty.
- In plain terms
- It is poor to let a child die for your wishes.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect children over comfort.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What sacrifices are you willing to make?
- How do you define poverty?
Another view
Sometimes resources force hard choices between lives.
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