Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not Governments. When governments are generous it is with other people's money, other people's safety, other people's future. (P. D. James)

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not Governments. When governments are generous it is with other people's money, other people's safety, other people's future.

P. D. James

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