"Scratch a pessimist and you find often a……" — William Beveridge

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

— William Beveridge

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13 Quotes by William Beveridge

William Beveridge has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its…
Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.
The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the de e…
The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little…
Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.
The State, in organizing security should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility; in establishing a national minimum, it should leave room…
Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation…
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the…
There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude.
The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with…
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the…
Not only the worst of my sins, but the best of my duties speak me a child of Adam

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More Defender Quotes

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I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its… — Theodore Bikel
At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution. — Jefferson Davis
When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going… — Oscar Robertson
Father Col, an intrepid defender of the Faith during the French Revolution and the pastor of Bourg-d'Oisans where these good… — Peter Julian Eymard
A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off. — Kevin Keegan
That's not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand. — Ron Atkinson
Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege. — William Beveridge
The big thing is, everybody says it's being in the right place at the right time. But it's more than… — Gary Lineker
I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image… — Jose Mourinho
The man who cannot listen to an argument which opposes his views either has a weak position or is a… — James E. Talmage
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's… — George W. Bush
If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself. — Siegbert Tarrasch

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