Jess Phillips Quotes

It seems that everywhere I go, people want the same things - security, education, family. It's just that so many people have no avenues through which to obtain these things.

At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security.

What people want is their basic needs. So I'm trying to help people ensure their basic need: that means food security, healthcare, education, and job opportunity and a better life.

I've seen that most of us want the same things: to be safe where we live, secure in our finances, and free in our lives.

Whether it's making sure that a person has access to a doctor when they need one, investing in excellent first class educations for our children or making sure that working people are able to provide for their families and put food on the table when they put in an honest day's work, I will continue to put people and families first.

I have seen my parents struggle with meagre means to run a family. That's why giving free and good education, free health services, water, electricity, public transport and safety of women are my top priority.

Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.

Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.

Across the globe, regardless of nationality or financial status, there is a common dream every mother has for her children - for them to live full, healthy and productive lives. As a mother, I share that dream for my children.

The term 'Xiaokang' is used today to refer to a society where people can receive education, get paid through work, have access to medical services and old-age support, have a shelter and more than enough food and clothing, and lead a well-off life.

Happiness may exist under all conditions, given the right kind of people and sufficient economic security for adequate food and shelter.

A community is business, education, and housing. Without those, the community suffers.

I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it.

I know, for me, I want to live in a community where people's basic needs are met.

Education and health are among our top priorities.

Where America has got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but it's got to move to a society that provides a high quality of life for all of our people. In other words, if people have health care as a right, as do the people of every other major country, then there's less worry about growth. If people have educational opportunity and their kids can go to college and they have child care, then there's less worry about growth for the sake of growth.

Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay.

What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.

Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future.

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.

I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.

Political parties need to look at the different kinds of support that people may need, suited to their way of life, and provide cost-effective solutions.