Quote#Money & Wealth
I want the Church to say in a clear language that it is against God's…
Quote byGeorge Lansbury · 1859–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermon in St Edmund's Church in the City of London (29 October 1932), Daily Herald (30 October 1932), quoted in John Shepherd, 'A Life on the Left: George Lansbury (1859—1940): A Case Study in Recent Labour Biography', Labour History, No. 87 (November 2004), p. 147.
English (original)
I want the Church to say in a clear language that it is against God's Law that in the midst of abundance there should be poverty. I want them to rally the people to a great crusade to compel Parliament to alter the system which dooms the people to these conditions.
— George Lansbury
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