“The development of a country has to start at the foundation of the society, the "family."”
Begum Aga Khan (1963) German philanthropist
International Business and Leadership Symposium address
“While politicians, clergy, creators of advertisements, and other worthies assert stoutly that the family is the foundation of society, the nuclear family, as an institution, is currently in grave trouble.”
— Jane Jacobs, book Dark Age Ahead
Source: Dark Age Ahead (2004), Chapter Two, Families Rigged To Fail, p. 29
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