Joseph Lancaster Quotes
In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members of a society established for that purpose, were inclined to meet the poor as men, as brethren, and as Christians.
Lancaster, Joseph. Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community. 3rd ed., Darton and Harvey, 1805, p. 24.
This kind of ethical and moral commitment to others who are need distinguished Kasich from most Republicans of his time.
Normally, this would not be a particularly noteworthy quotation. However, at the time the Republican Party had shifted far to the right–more so than at any other time since its inception. The primary election he was in brought out the most right wing members of the party, which was for gutting the social safety net, did not see health care as a right, and even wanted to terminate Obamacare and Social Security as it existed. Yet when asked in a nationwide TV interview, what the government should do for the poor and destitute who could not afford health care or other necessities. His courageous answer and position doomed his bid for the presidential nomination.
Joseph Lancaster was an English Quaker and public education innovator. He originated the saying "a place for everything and everything in its place". The height of popularity of his system came in the first decades of the 19th century.
