"Want is one only of five giants on……" — William Beveridge
"Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness."
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William Beveridge
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13 Quotes by William Beveridge
William Beveridge has 13 quotes on this site.
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Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its…
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Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the de e…
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The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little…
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The State, in organizing security should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility; in establishing a national minimum, it should leave room…
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Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation…
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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the…
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There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude.
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The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with…
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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the…
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Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
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Not only the worst of my sins, but the best of my duties speak me a child of Adam
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More Disease Quotes
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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious…
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The…
— James A. Baldwin
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Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
— Daniel Barenboim
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights…
— Saint Basil
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Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
— Mario Batali
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I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there…
— Melody Beattie
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At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting…
— Martha Beck
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
— Andrew Bernstein
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know…
— Wendell Berry
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Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the…
— Grace Abbott
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