Ronald Reagan

“ The maltreatment of older Americans-physical and emotional abuse, neglect, financial victimization, and other denials of human dignity-is a tragedy that affects citizens of every regional, economic, religious, and racial grouping. ”

“ This responsibility means, of course, that each of us must protect the older people we know. But it also means that we must safeguard the lives and the dignity of every elderly person in our communities. ”

“ It can also be achieved through devoting ourselves to the promotion of strong family life and personal morality, and by reminding ourselves that our God-given, unalienable rights to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" come with no age limits whatever. ”