social conscience

social conscience (6/22/07) - an individual's concern for the needs of society as a whole and not just those of oneself or one's family; recognition that caring about, and being responsive to, the needs of others is a moral obligation and an integral part of the practice of citizenship. See SOCIAL JUSTICE.

Quotes that express social consciousness ~

Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund: The voice for all the children of America:

"Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time."


Jane Addams (1860-1935), Founder, Hull-House and the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1931):

"...the good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in mid-air, until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life."
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum