William Beveridge Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.

Not only the worst of my sins, but the best of my duties speak me a child of Adam.

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.

The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.

Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.

We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands.