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Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
Source: In Observer, 17 Oct 1943. -- W H Beveridge, (Mar 5 1879-1963), English economist; He wrote the Beveridge Report, 1942 which became the basis for British welfare legislation.