John B. Larson Quotes

I'll always stand up for America's seniors so they can age with dignity.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors.

I want our party to step up its efforts to reflect and champion the concerns of everybody who has reached the second half of their lives.

I am proud that we worked so hard to improve seniors' lives.

It's crucial that we keep care for our seniors a priority.

People are getting older - that is a good thing - but there isn't enough funding in the system. And there's a whole number of injustices.

In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.

We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter.

It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.

I got a gerontology certificate a million years ago along with my law degree, so I've been interested in older people for many years. Some people grow up with a lot of kids around, but I just grew up with a lot of old people.

In America, the old are neglected.

Few promises are more sacred than the ones we make to older Americans.

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50.

Let's take care of mothers and infants first, and then let's see what's left over for everybody over 50. I'm over 50. If I get sick, I would rather have money spent on children before it's spent on me.

I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment.

Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.

There is a sort of indifference to the problem of old age. Indifference in the face of a revolution in longevity.

A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just as surely, the future of a society may be forecast by how it cares for its young.

I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes.

There are no Hollywood stars speaking out for the elderly. They're forgotten, bewildered, and I don't think it's because people are cruel or don't care. It's because you don't want to think about your own mortality. I think people don't talk about it enough.

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.

Those old enough to write their memoirs should not comment on contemporary issues.

I do not believe that older Americans should be forced to live out their lives in poverty, their tiny savings destroyed by illness. Dependent upon their relatives. Feeling unwanted by their country.