“Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.” PeopleLongMatterRememberPoliticianTreatsPatientForgottenMedicalGuaranteesFedsFalsehoodTreacheryAlzheimerUntruthAlzheimer's Author:James Bovard
“he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any other paternalistic or maternalistic stay-in-your-place tradition will not pass muster with me.” TeacherPoliticianTraditionDoctorsPatientVotersPowerlessnessPassivityMusterDumbbells Author:Andrew Saul
“Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.” ThinkingShouldMatterStatesLawProcessPoliticianPatientPersistent Author:Bobby Scott
“When politicians rush to fix things, it's a sure sign that either the intended patient is dead or fully healed.” PoliticianPatientHealed Author:Tony Snow
“One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or the government. What is the politicians' answer? To have more costs paid by insurance companies and the government. ... [H]aving someone else pay for medical care virtually guarantees that a lot more of it will be used. Nothing would lower costs more than having each patient pay those costs. And nothing is less likely to happen.” ReasonGovernmentHappensCareUsedAnswersPayCompanyHigherPoliticianCostPaidPatientMedicalGuaranteesGuarantees ThatInsurance CompaniesMedical Care Author:Thomas Sowell
“I think the stakes are always high when you're an artist of color - to get things right, to get things perfect and make everybody happy. But I'm not concerned with politicians and what they think. And I'm not always going to succeed. I'll have missteps, but I hope that people will be patient with the show and us and know that our intentions are good.” PeopleThinkingArtistPerfectPoliticianSucceedConcernedIntentionPatientBe Patient Author:Lena Waithe