# Quote — P.D. James, The Children of Men

> 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.

- Author: [P.D. James](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james.md)
- Book: [The Children of Men](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james/the-children-of-men.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james/the-children-of-men/generosity-is-a-virtue

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> Oh yes he does. I may not be religious but I know my Bible. My mother saw to that. He bargains all right. But He's supposed to be just. If he wants belief He'd better provide some evidence.

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> We do. The question is, how do you?

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> Perhaps His experiment went spectacularly wrong, sir. Perhaps He's just baffled. Seeing the mess, not knowing how to put it right. Perhaps not wanting to put it right. Perhaps He only had enough power left for one final intervention. So He made it. Whoever He is, whatever He is, I hope he burns in His own Hell.

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