Former Prime minister Tage Erlander recently spoke in a radio program about how he visited his senile mother at an hospital outside of Karlstad. And she told him; I'm so happy here, I get good care and everyone is so nice to me, but who is paying for all this? Is it you Tage? And Erlander said; no I'm not paying, it's you mum that's paying. You have paid for this your entire life and you have the right to be taken care of when you get old and infirm, not because of charity, not because you have a thick wallet, but because you are a Swedish citizen!

Olof Palme, August 28, 1985, in debate with the leader of the opposition before 1985 years general election.