“ It is waste to put an able-bodied man in a job that might be just as well cared for by a cripple. ”
Henry Ford, My Life and Work (1922). copy citation
| Author | Henry Ford |
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| Source | My Life and Work |
| Topic | waste care |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7213/pg7213-images.html |
Context
“There are more places that can be filled by cripples than there are cripples. And in each of these places the man who short-sightedly might be considered as an object of charity can earn just as adequate a living as the keenest and most able-bodied. It is waste to put an able-bodied man in a job that might be just as well cared for by a cripple. It is a frightful waste to put the blind at weaving baskets. It is waste to have convicts breaking stone or picking hemp or doing any sort of petty, useless task.
A well-conducted jail should not only be self-supporting, but a man in jail ought to be able to support his family or, if he has no family, he should be able to accumulate a sum of money sufficient to put him on his feet when he gets out of jail.”
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