Not very close, but Atkins v Virginia quotes the dissent in the Va court
decision as saying that people with learning disabilities are limited
and that "A moral and civilized society diminishes itself if its system
of justice does not afford recognition and consideration of those
limitations in a meaningful way." Atkins is at 536 US 304, 153 L Ed 2d
335
>>> Bonnie Shucha <bjshucha@wisc.edu> 01/22/03 01:10PM >>>
Law-libbers,
Can anyone help pin down the source of the following quote (possibly
from US Supreme Court opinion): "A society will be judged by the ways
in which it treats its weakest citizens." The actual quote may vary
slightly.
I've tried Wexis, quotation databases and books, the Internet, etc.
The
quote itself is used often, but never officially attributed.
Unofficially, I've seen it attributed to Hubert Humphrey, Gandhi, the
Bible, and more.
Thanks,
Bonnie
-- Bonnie Shucha Reference and Electronic Services Librarian University of Wisconsin - Madison Law Library Phone: 608-265-5513 bjshucha@wisc.edu http://library.law.wisc.edu
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Nov 14 2007 - 20:44:25 PST