Clement Attlee on charity

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Clement Attlee wrote this in 1920:

Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.

In very many ways nothing has changed since then.

Hat tip: Sandra Crawford


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