平時戦時を問わず政治が掲げるべき目標は、支配者や一族の名を高めることではなく、名もなき人の幸福にある。 - ウィリアム・ヘンリー・ビヴァリッジ (1879 - 1963)
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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. - Sir William Henry Beveridge (1879 - 1963)
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