"For years governments have taken control of our lives, and their argument is always the same — fewer costs, greater efficiency — but the result is the same too; Less control by the people, more control by the state"

From the Washington Examiner's Philip Klein (obrigado por Sarah Hoyt) on an episode of "Downton Abbey" featuring the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith):

"For years I've watched governments take control of our lives, and their argument is always the same — fewer costs, greater efficiency — but the result is the same too," Violet said. "Less control by the people, more control by the state, until the individual's own wishes count for nothing. That is what I consider my duty to resist."

She went on to argue, "Your great-grandchildren won't thank you when the state is all powerful because we didn't fight."

Britain instituted national healthcare in 1948 with the establishment of the National Health Service, whose many failings [Philip Klein] explored in more detail in the Washington Examiner's magazine.