The state is or can be master ...

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

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Quotes from the same author

Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.
 William Beveridge
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 the minimum for himself and his family.
 William Beveridge