List of William Beveridge Quotes

A Cockle-fish May As Soon Crowd The Ocean Into Its Narrow Shell, As Vain Man Ever Comprehend The Decrees Of God!

If The Way Of Heaven Be Narrow, It Is Not Long; And If The Gate Be Straight, It Opens Into Endless Life.

Let Us Proportion Our Alms To Our Ability, Lest We Provoke God To Proportion His Blessings To Our Alms.

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 A Similar Energy.

There Is No Inherent Mechanism In Our Present System Which Can With Certainty Prevent Competitive Sectional Bargaining For Wages From Setting Up A Vicious Spiral Of Rising Prices Under Full Employment.

No One Believes An Hypothesis Except Its Originator But Everyone Believes An Experiment Except The Experimenter.

I Have Spent Most Of My Life Most Happily Making Plans For Others To Carry Out.

The Trouble In Modern Democracy Is That Men Do Not Approach To Leadership Until They Have Lost The Desire To Lead Anyone.

Scratch A Pessimist And You Will Often Find A Defender Of Privilege.

Full Employment Does Not Mean Literally No Unemployment; That Is To Say, It Does Not Mean That Every Man And Woman In The Country Who Is Fit And Free For Work Is Employed Productively Every Day Of His Or Her Working Life ... Full Employment Means That Unemployment Is Reduced To Short Intervals Of Standing By, With The Certainty That Very Soon One Will Be Wanted In One's Old Job Again Or Will Be Wanted In A New Job That Is Within One's Powers.

Any Proposals For The Future, While They Should Use To The Full The Experience Gathered In The Past, Should Not Be Restricted By Consideration Of Sectional Interests Established In The Obtaining Of That Experience. Now, When The War Is Abolishing Landmarks Of Every Kind, Is The Opportunity For Using Experience In A Clear Field. A Revolutionary Moment In The World's History Is A Time For Revolutions, Not For Patching.