The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else. - William Beveridge

The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership 'til they have lost the desire to lead anyone.

Social security must be achieved by co-operation between the State and the individual. The State should offer security for service and contribution. The State in organising security should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility; in establishing a national minimum, it should leave room and encouragement for voluntary action by each individual to provide more than that minimum for himself and his family.

The door of learning should not shut for anyone at 18, or at any time. Ignorance to its present extent is not only unnecessary, but dangerous. Democracies cannot be well-governed except on the basis of understanding.