We ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for whatever time may be left to us. Nature... is a prodigal of pain. I should like to find a day when we can take a holiday, a day of jubilation when we can fête good Saint Anaesthesia and chaste and pure Saint Antiseptic.... I should be bound to celebrate, among others, Saint Penicillin...


Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948 (ed. London, Cassell, 1950)

Winston Churchill Quotes

We ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for whatever...

We ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for whatever...

We ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for whatever...

We ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for whatever...