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“You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats … the child of the state.”
— Lemn SissayLemn Sissay: A child of the state
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“Looked after children — fostered, adopted or orphaned — [often] grow into their adult lives in fear of speaking of their background, as if it may somehow weaken their standing in the foreground.”
— Lemn SissayLemn Sissay: A child of the state
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“Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth.”
— Lemn SissayLemn Sissay: A child of the state
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“The adoption process [in 1960s Britain was] an industrious, utilitarian solution: the government, the farmer; the adopting parents, the consumer; the mother, the Earth; and the child, the crop.”
— Lemn SissayLemn Sissay: A child of the state
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