“Being satisfied, from observation and experience, as well as from medical testimony, that ardent spirit as a drink is not only needless but hurtful; and that the entire disuse of it would tend to promote the health, the virtue, and the happiness of the community, we hereby express our convention that should the citizens of the United States, and especially ALL YOUNG MEN, discontinue entirely the use of it, they would not only promote their own personal benefit, but the good of our country and the world.” MenWorldShouldWellsCountryStatesUseYoungSpiritCommunityUnitedUnited StatesVirtueCitizensDrinkBenefitsMedicalSatisfiedOur CountryObservationYoung ManConventionsTestimonyTemperanceHurtfulArdent Author:Andrew Jackson
“A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.” YearsSecurityRevolutionCitizensDeserveDignityMedicalProvidingElders Author:John F. Kennedy
“Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever.” WholeGovernmentCareIndividualForeverHealthCitizensFolksMedicalHealth CareBudgetsSchemesItemsExpendituresInsidious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.” CitizensDiseasePressureIllnessMedicalPrioritiesAgencyHospitalsRelevantAssociationPublic HealthTop PrioritiesGreening Author:Andrew Weil
“Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave - now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.” PeoplePersonsRealEarthPainOrderDiesLiteratureStrangeCitizensComfortStandingMiracleFolksMedicalGravesBotherUpsetClimbingUnwillingObeyingGood CitizenClimbing UpLazarus Book:Peace Like a River Source: Peace Like a River