Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern of the least of these. The wealthy nations of the world must promptly initiate a massive, sustained Marshall Plan for Asia, Africa and South America. In the final analysis the rich must not ignore the poor because both rich and poor are tied together. They entered the same mysterious gateway of human birth, into the same adventure of mortal life.
All men are interdependent.
In a real sense, all life in interrelated. We are inevitably our brother s keepers because we are our brother s brother. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. This may well be mankind s last chance to choose between chaos and community.