A Century and a half ago John Stuart Mill observed that "one person with belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests". It seems that Tony Blair agrees. In May he wrote to Hilary Armstrong, the minister of state at the Cabinet Office, thus: "In many areas of public service delivery, the third sector has the potential for better user focus, better reach and better outcomes than the state, both in terms of service quality for users and value for money for the taxpayer." The prime minister went on to say that within a year he expected "a step change" in the provision of public services by the third sector, an umbrella term that covers everything from professionally managed not-for-pro-fits to household-name charities and tiny, community-based social enterprises.
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机译：一个半世纪以前，约翰·斯图亚特·米尔（John Stuart Mill）观察到“一个有信仰的人等于99个只有利益的力量”。看来托尼·布莱尔（Tony Blair）同意。今年5月，他写信给内阁府国务卿希拉里·阿姆斯特朗（Hilary Armstrong）：“在许多公共服务提供领域，第三部门比州政府更有可能以用户为中心，覆盖面更广，成果更好。用户的服务质量条款和纳税人的物有所值。”总理继续说，他预计在一年之内，第三部门在提供公共服务方面将发生“一步一步的变化”，这是一个总括性的术语，涵盖了从专业管理的非公益组织到家喻户晓的慈善机构和小型的社区社会企业。
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