“What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each citizen? We cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person who seeks to harm us. But we can try dammit and government's essential role in that effort facilitate it, reduce its cost, broaden its availability, improve my health and yours, seems, ultimately, self-explanatory.” TryingPersonsSelfSeemsGovernmentEffortRolesHealthCitizensCostEssentialsEternalObviousHarmDefenseListsPrioritiesGermsFacilitateAvailability Author:Keith Olbermann
“It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit, which have reduced foodstuffs to a commodity like any other, subject to speculation, also of a financial nature, The hungry remain, at the street corner, and ask to be recognized as citizens, to receive a healthy diet. We ask for dignity, not for charity.” AsksNatureStruggleStreetsSubjectsCitizensHealthyDignityCharityFinancialHungerProfitPainfulCornersPrioritiesHungryDietsCommoditySpeculationMalnutritionStreet CornersHealthy DietPrimacy Author:Pope Francis
“Cutting corners no doubt makes the job easier for the government, but making the government's job easier is rarely a priority. Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is.” FirstsStillsGovernmentJobsFightingDoubtCuttingDutyCitizensEasierConstitutionIntentionCornersPrioritiesNo DoubtGood IntentionsCutting Corners Author:Wesley Pruden
“Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days.” FactsEconomyCitizensInternationalPrioritiesReputationOld DaysEgyptian Author:Hosni Mubarak
“I think our legal system needs to be developed. Cases of citizens who are detained and then have to wait much too long for a trial - that is scary, for everyone. When someone commits a crime he needs to be charged quickly. Why does this take so long in many cases? I don't know. Is it because our legal system is still rudimentary? China has promised to modernize its legal system. This has high priority.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsLongDoeStillsWaitingCasesCrimeCitizensScaryChinaPrioritiesTrialsCommitLegal System Author:Zhang Xin
“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
“King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.” PeopleThinkingWayValuesRevolutionKingsCitizensOrdinaryTransformationCrisisFundamentalsResponseEverydayPrioritiesOne WordWay Of ThinkingPublic LifeTransfersOrdinary Citizens Author:Cornel West