Generosity Quote by Edward Albee

it requires a great deal more generosity to take than to give.

— Mary McMullen

It needs as much generosity to take as to give.

— Ivan Panin

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future.

— Anonymous

Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government,…

— George W. Bush

Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.

— Chip Ingram

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

— Jean de la Bruyere

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention,…

— Calvin Coolidge

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

— Voltaire

Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise…

— William Greider

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Politicians pay more attention to interest groups than to the public interest.

— Alice Rivlin