Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
William BeveridgeIf the way of heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, it opens into endless life.
William BeveridgeWant is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.
William BeveridgeThe trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.
William Beveridge