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> [Save the Children is often told that its aims are impossible - that there has always been child suffering and there always will be. We know. It's impossible only if we make it so. It's impossible only if we refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/save-the-children-is-often-told-that-its-aims-are-impossible-that/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

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## More by Eglantyne Jebb

> [All wars are waged against children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/all-wars-are-waged-against-children/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/all-wars-whether-just-or-unjust-disastrous-or-victorious-are-waged/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [Every war is a war against children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/every-war-is-a-war-against-children/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [The only international language in the world is a child's cry,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/the-only-international-language-in-the-world-is-a-child-s-cry/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [Relief work does not consist entirely in wearisome appeals ... it has its moments of enchantment, its adventures, its unexpected vistas into new worlds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/relief-work-does-not-consist-entirely-in-wearisome-appeals-it-has-its/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [Humanity owes the child the best it has to give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/humanity-owes-the-child-the-best-it-has-to-give/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/we-have-to-devise-means-of-making-known-the-facts-in-such-a-way-as-to/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [Save the Children is often told that its aims are impossible - that there has always been child suffering and there always will be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/save-the-children-is-often-told-that-its-aims-are-impossible-that/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

> [Every generation of children offers mankind the possibility of rebuilding his ruin of a world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eglantyne-jebb/every-generation-of-children-offers-mankind-the-possibility-of/)

[Eglantyne Jebb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eglantyne-jebb/)

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