The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of doing business.
True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.
In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.
I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society. People seem to enjoy making your life hard for the sake of it.
Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.
Britain has always been a home to the vulnerable, and we've always done what we need to do to help people who are fleeing persecution.
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Wealthy people in Australia tend to give, and give very quietly.