George W. Bush Quotes

I think FDA's concerns are patient-safety.

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.

Medicines are unusual commodities. Important drugs can save the lives and protect the health of millions. Their consumption can bring huge benefits, by helping patients to avoid infection and preventing serious damage to the economies of families, nations and even humanity at large.

We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community.

I'm for the fracking. I think it's an opportunity for Ohio to really get a lot of jobs. But we have to do it right. We have to really take a deep breath, do it right, make sure the public is protected, make sure our land is protected.

Of course, plenty of people don't think that guaranteeing affordable health insurance is a core responsibility of government.

Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show.

The job of the government - and my responsibility - is to help people live healthier lives. The framework is about giving local authorities the ability to focus on the most effective ways to improve the public's health and reduce health inequalities, long-term, from cradle to grave.

The public properly relies upon FDA classification of drugs as nonprescription as a reflection of the agency's judgment regarding the safety and proper use of a drug without a doctor's prescription.

The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these advances, have little understanding of how difficult it is to create an important new medical therapy and make it available to improve public health.

There's a certain libertarian right-wing view that there should be no FDA, that people can decide for themselves whether medicines are safe and effective. That's nonsense. Most people don't have the expertise or the resources to mount a proper study to find out whether a treatment is safe or effective.

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.

Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.

Government and business are simple. It's only people that make them complicated.

[The excessive] evils associated with [unregulated] competition [came about] through the shameful neglect of government to fulfill its primary function of protecting equal rights and enforcing justice.]

The line between what government does and what a company does is getting blurred.

Governments are elected by people; corporations are not. Governments that must answer to the people; corporations must answer only to their boards.

Governments have a responsibility for the health of their peoples which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures.

What governments decide is illegal is not always based on science. Drugs that are legal cause at least as much damage, if not more, than drugs that are illicit.

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of man’s fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it... The arguments against marijuana today are the same as the arguments against liquor years ago.

Since 1840 the United States has had 12 systemic banking crises and Canada has had none …. It all has to do with politics.

To reap the benefits of GMO technology, the U.S. must ensure that decisions about our food system are made based on science, not innuendo.

The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.