MR. CHURCHILL ON WISDOM AND FOLLY
LONDON, Sept. II. Mr. Churchill, who was chief guest at a Royal College of Physicians' dinner in London last night, said it was not his intention to talk politics but it would be a great reform if wisdom eould be made to spread as easily and rapidly as folly. Lord Moran (who presided) had suggested that he might compare the profession of medicine and politics but Mr. Churchill said he felt bound to reject that suggestion because it was "impossible to make such a comparison. Medicine required the study and experience of a lifetime whereas everyone in a free country knew all about politics after leaving the infant school and on every occasion when released from the asylum. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 September 1947, Page 5
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