“The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.” PersonsStatesHumanityUnitedResponsibilityPovertyUnited StatesConflictDiseaseCuresLifts Author:Richard Lugar
“We don't have mad cow disease. We probably never will have mad cow disease, and therefore, it's a non-problem in the United States.” StatesProblemUnitedUnited StatesDiseaseMadCowsMad Cow Disease Author:Paul Brown
“The first case of mad cow disease since 2006 was discovered right here in the United States. The good news, since the cow is in California, instead of putting the cow down, they are going to enroll him in anger management classes.” FirstsStatesUnitedClassCasesUnited StatesDiseaseNewsManagementMadCaliforniaCowsGood NewsAnger ManagementMad Cow Disease Author:Jay Leno
“There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any means to further your cause, since the end justifies the means. As an international community, we must oppose this notion, whether it be in Canada, in the United States, or anywhere else. No cause justifies violence as long as the system provides for change by peaceful means.” IfsMeanLongEndsStatesUseCausesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesViolenceDiseaseNotionInternationalTerrorismPeacefulCanadaJustifyInternational CommunityEnds Justify The Means Author:Richard M. Nixon
“The worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border.” KnowsStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesWorstDiseaseElementsBordersMexicoMexicanPouringInfectious DiseasesBorder Patrol Author:Donald Trump
“The same comparison holds true within the United States itself: Southern and Midwestern states, characterized by the highest levels of religious literalism, are especially plagued by [high rates of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and infant mortality], while the comparatively secular states of the Northeast conform to European standards.” StatesReligionReligiousLevelsUnitedUnited StatesDiseaseHighestStandardsRateAbortionComparisonMortalityPregnancySouthernSecularConformInfantSexuallyHomicideTeen PregnancyInfant MortalitySexually Transmitted Diseases Author:Sam Harris
“The Centers for Disease Control says that there are 76 million cases of food poisoning in the United States every year, 350,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths. Is that a lot or a little? Well, it depends on how you look at it.” YearsWellsLooksLittlesStatesUnitedMillionsCasesUnited StatesDependsDiseasePoisoningFood Poisoning Author:Marion Nestle
“READILY and, I trust, feelingly acknowledge the duty incumbent on us all . . . to provide for those who, in the mysterious order of Providence, are subject to want and to disease of body or mind; but I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States . . . .” WantMindStatesBodyGovernmentOrderUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsDutyDiseaseAuthorityConstitutionCharityMysteriousAcknowledgeProvidenceFederal GovernmentIncumbents Author:Franklin Pierce
“There are scarcities in drinking water when you pollute the groundwater with nitrates. There is a scarcity in diversity when you create huge cornfields with the same strain of corn so that when one disease strikes - which happened in the United States in the 70s - all the cornfields in the country are wiped out. That was the first time the U.S. realized the value of diversity in agriculture and began to discuss genetic resources and their conservation.” FirstsCountryStatesValuesWaterUnitedUnited StatesHappenedHugeDiseaseDiversityResourcesFirst TimeDrinkingStrikesAgricultureConservationStrainCornScarcityDrinking WaterGroundwater Author:Vandana Shiva
“Either we change our ways, especially the United States, or we will continue to lead the world in heart disease and cancer.” WorldWayHeartStatesUnitedUnited StatesDiseaseCancerHeart Disease Author:William McNamara
“We start with an economic approach. We look at what are the greatest causes of death in the developing world, and what causes the largest amount of disability, which would prevent you from getting a job. A lot of those deaths start with diseases, diseases we don't get in such a great number in the United States.” WorldLooksStatesJobsCausesUnitedNumbersUnited StatesEconomicAmountDiseaseApproachDevelopingDisability Author:Melinda Gates
“All of a sudden people in the United States start to realize that vaccines make a difference. The controversy and the myth that's there, we're always trying to bust through that. So when I see a disease outbreak, I say to myself, "OK, that'll get people realizing how lucky we are to have vaccines."” PeopleTryingStatesRealizingDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesLuckyDiseaseMythMaking A DifferenceControversyAlways TryingVaccinesOutbreaks Author:Melinda Gates
“India has, of course, aspirations of getting out of its poverty, ignorance, and disease which still afflict millions of people. But I do believe that we have something to offer to the rest of the world, including the United States.” PeopleWorldBelieveStillsStatesCoursesUnitedPovertyMillionsUnited StatesIgnoranceOffersDiseaseIndiaIncludingAspiration Author:Manmohan Singh
“First, the federal government, one of the fundamental responsibilities that it has is to protect the nation's health and wellbeing. And this [Zika virus] is a threat to public health in the United States. It is a very serious disease.” FirstsStatesGovernmentNationsUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSeriousProtectDiseaseFundamentalsThreatFederal GovernmentVirusesWellbeingPublic HealthHealth And Wellbeing Author:Marco Rubio
“I don't regard fundamentalism in the United States or in Europe as a terrible threat, partly because it is a self-curing disease. The younger generation drifts away, so fundamentalists always have to recruit to keep up with themselves.” SelfStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsTerribleDiseaseEuropeRegardThreatFundamentalismYounger GenerationRecruit Author:Ninian Smart