While Churchill is best remembered as the British Prime Minister who led the fight against Nazi Germany in World War II, he is less well known as the key figure who helped set up unemployment insurance and health insurance (through
...If I had my way, I would write the word “insure” upon the door of every cottage and upon the blotting book of every public man, because I am convinced, for sacrifices so small, families and estates can be protected against catastrophes which would otherwise smash them up forever.
It is the duty to arrest the ghastly waste, not merely of human happiness, but national health and strength, which follows when, through the death of the breadwinner, the frail boat in which the family are embarked, founders and the women and children and the estates are left to struggle in the dark waters of a friendless world.
Sir Winston Churchill
