Quotes from Eglantyne Jebb

Humanity owes the child the best it has to give.

We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world

Every generation of children offers mankind the possibility of rebuilding his ruin of a world.

All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child.

Every war is a war against children.

All wars are waged against children

Relief work does not consist entirely in wearisome appeals ... it has its moments of enchantment, its adventures, its unexpected vistas into new worlds