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> [Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/scratch-a-pessimist-and-you-find-often-a-defender-of-privilege/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

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## More by William Beveridge

> [There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/there-is-a-very-important-distinction-between-a-critical-attitude-of/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation of its cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/unemployment-is-like-a-headache-or-a-high-temperature-unpleasant-and/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [Organisation of social insurance should be treated as one part only of a comprehensive policy of social progress. Social insurance fully developed may provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/organisation-of-social-insurance-should-be-treated-as-one-part-only/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [Full employment does not mean literally no unemployment; that is to say, it does not mean that every man and woman in the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/full-employment-does-not-mean-literally-no-unemployment-that-is-to/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/no-one-believes-an-hypothesis-except-its-originator-but-everyone/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [The State, in organizing security should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility; in establishing a national minimum, it should leave room and encouragement for voluntary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/the-state-in-organizing-security-should-not-stifle-incentive/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [Not only the worst of my sins, but the best of my duties speak me a child of Adam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/not-only-the-worst-of-my-sins-but-the-best-of-my-duties-speak-me-a/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with a similar energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/the-human-mind-likes-a-strange-idea-as-little-as-the-body-likes-a/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/a-cockle-fish-may-as-soon-crowd-the-ocean-into-its-narrow-shell-as/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/the-trouble-in-modern-democracy-is-that-men-do-not-approach-to/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/scratch-a-pessimist-and-you-find-often-a-defender-of-privilege/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [There is no inherent mechanism in our present system which can with certainty prevent competitive sectional bargaining for wages from setting up a vicious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/there-is-no-inherent-mechanism-in-our-present-system-which-can-with/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [If the way of heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, it opens into endless life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/if-the-way-of-heaven-be-narrow-it-is-not-long-and-if-the-gate-be/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/want-is-one-only-of-five-giants-on-the-road-of-reconstruction-the/)

[William Beveridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-beveridge/)

> [The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the de e to lead anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-beveridge/the-trouble-in-modern-democracy-is-that-men-do-not-approach-to-2/)

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