"A free health service is pure Socialism and as such it is opposed to the hedonism of capitalist society."

"A free Health Service is a triumphant example of the superiority of collective action and public initiative applied t…"

"No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied aid because of lack of means."

"Society becomes more wholesome, more serene, and spiritually healthier, if it knows that its citizens have at the bac…"

"Intrinsically the National Health Service is a church. It is the nearest thing to the embodiment of the Good Samarita…"

"We must establish on broad and solid foundations a National Health Service. Here let me say that there is no finer in…"

"The discoveries of healing science must be the inheritance of all. That is clear. Disease must be attacked whether it…"

"There is virtually no testing anywhere. The WHO policy that you test, you trace, you isolate, you contain is being TO…"

"[The NHS is] a great national blessing enabling people to live longer and happier lives."

"The National Health Service is the closest thing the English have to a religion, with those who practice in it regard…"