It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1911–1978) American politician

Remarks, Dedication of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building (1 Nov 1977)

Cited in the Congressional Register, vol. 123, p. 37287 (4 Nov 1977)