HEALTH
QUOTES
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Of
all of the forms of inequality, injustice in health
is the most shocking and the most inhumane.
--
Martin Luther
King, Jr
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...Poor
health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor
education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination
is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish
such weapons of mass destruction here at home.
-- Dennis Kucinich
Poverty
is a weapon of mass destruction. Joblessness is
a weapon of mass destruction, homelessness, a
weapon of mass destruction... racism, a weapon
of mass destruction, fear, a weapon of mass destruction.
We must disarm these weapons and renew our commitment
to quality public schools and dedicated teachers
and good housing and quality health care and decent
jobs and stronger neighborhoods.
-- Dennis Kucinich
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We
have an opportunity to focus global attention on
what should be obvious: every mother, and every
child, counts. They count because we value every
human life. The evidence is clear that healthy mothers
and children are the bedrock of healthy and prosperous
communities and nations.
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"...thousands
of women could be saved each year if they had access
to skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth, and
access to emergency obstetric care. Most of the interventions
they need are simple, affordable, and highly effective."
~ Dr. LEE Jong-wook,
WHO Secretary-General
"Our
message today is one of hope. It is about potential
waiting to be fulfilled: the surest way to meet the
global challenges we face now and in the future is to
make every mother and child count.
~ Dr. LEE Jong-wook,
WHO Secretary-General
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"Poor
countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented
health crisis without the means to tackle it .
Governments can only show how seriously they are
taking this crisis by taking immediate action
to provide four million extra health workers and
to grant those in need access to affordable medicines."
--
Annie Lennox
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All
mankind... being all equal and independent, no
one ought to harm another in his life, health,
liberty or possessions.
-- John Locke
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The
International Declaration of Human Rights says
the right to housing, health, education should
be guaranteed to everyone. The moment these
things are provided, we will have a different
world order and nuclear weapons will become
less of a threat.
--
Bernard Lown
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Well-fed
people can enhance their dignity, their health
and their learning capacity. Putting resources
into social programs is not expenditure. It is
investment.
-- Luiz Lula da Silva
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Life
is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
~ Marcus Valerius Martial
Love
cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones
who receive it.
~ Dr.Karl Menninger
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"Words
cannot fully express the devastation and horror
caused by NTDs. Until now, these diseases have
been hidden in the shadows, but working with the
Global Network, I am focused on bringing this
tragedy to the public eye."
-- Alyssa Milano
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We
are the richest country in the world. We spend more
on health care than any other country. Yet we have
the worst health care in the Western world. Come
on. We can do better than this.
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The
worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That
is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion
against a system, against a neoliberal model,
which is the representation of a savage capitalism.
If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality,
that the national states are not providing even
minimally for health, education and nourishment,
then each day the most fundamental human rights
are being violated.
-- Evo Morales
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"Our
motto is to work for peace based on social justice.
Our mandate is to improve the condition, health
and safety of workers, and our mission is universal."
-- David A. Morse
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Quotes
For Health
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World
Health Day
- April 7
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