“There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.”
“They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.”
| Benjamin Carson, Scientist (1951) |
| Pete Cashmore, Businessman (1985) |
| Debbi Fields, Businesswoman (1956) |
| June Foray, Actress (1917) |
| James Gandolfini, Actor (1961) |
| Greta Garbo, Actress (1905) |
| Samuel Johnson, Author (1709) |
| Alexander Bain, Philosopher (1903) |
| Leonhard Euler, Mathematician (1783) |
| Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat (1961) |
| Gwen John, Artist (1939) |
| Corita Kent, Artist (1986) |
| John Langdon, Politician (1819) |
| Robert N. Lee, Writer (1964) |