Jesmyn Ward Quotes

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.

I wanna end the international embarrassment of the United States of America being the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's as simple as that.

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.

Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

Health care is a fundamental right of all citizens, not simply a commodity available to the highest bidder.

It is not only a moral imperative that we cover everybody (with insured heath care), it has become an economic necessity.

Our America is an America where human needs come before human greed.

You have to provide 5 things to the people: Income, Housing, Education, Health Care, and Justice.

… poor people deserve access to food, education, housing, and medical services

We are making health care a human right which, after all, is the purpose of Obamacare.

I wish that every Chinese citizen can live a life of satisfaction, every peasant child can go to school and every person reaching a working age can have a job. I wish people wouldn't have to worry about medical care if they are sick, particularly those in rural areas. I believe that this is the dream of every Chinese person.

In America, health care must be a right and not a privilege.

We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.

I think we've set the bar with respect to the notion that it is possible to provide health care for people. Now I know that the incoming Congress and administration talks about repealing it. But we've set a bar that shows that this can be done. And that core principle is one that the majority of Americans, including supporters of Donald Trump believe in.

Let's get put in place a better health care system the American people deserve.

It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.

We are the ones who work every day with people who are suffering because they don't have health care. We cannot turn our backs on them, so for us, health care reform is a faith-based response to human need.

I think our former first lady said it last month in one of her first speeches since leaving the White House, I think I'm getting the quote nearly right- "Who could possibly be against feeding children wholesome, good food?" Well, it turns out there are people who are against feeding children wholesome good food and there are people who are against solving our homelessness problem, they're against solving our food security issues and by and along political lines.

I believe health care is a basic right. If education - you're entitled to an education, why wouldn't you be entitled to adequate health care? Period.

The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right.