Benjamin Jowett Quotes

I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet.

Health and education are always issues.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

I am a liberal. I want everyone to be well.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

Every great nation puts people first.

Compassion is not a sloppy sentimental feeling for people ... it is an absolutely practical belief that regardless of a person's background, ability or ability to pay, he should be provided with the best that society has to offer.

Until everyone knows someone who has died of AIDS this prejudice and discrimination will continue.

The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing - that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world - is what I wish for all.

I focus on telling the truth and painting a vision of what the country can become in the future if we make the right investments together in things like health care, and education, and jobs and opportunity.

I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her ability and to each according to his or her need.' And it's something that is still really important to me in thinking about how I prioritize what I do with my life.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

There's so much more to life than just being healthy. There's so much more to life than just being normal.

Health is the one thing we all have in common regardless of race, creed, or income. Everyone should participate in creating the solutions.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

Vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.

One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period

The value of a good idea is in using it.

If family or friends are unwell or ill - it's perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.

There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.