“We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” NeedsGovernmentJobsAmericaYoungChoicesLeftNationsWaitingCan DoPoorMoralVisionPovertyHatredSickBlowDisappearAbsenceVainIndifferenceSandBuriedApathyElderlyDissentMistrustMoral Leadership Book:Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings Source: Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings
“The world was sick, and the ills from which it was suffering were mainly due to the perversion of man, his inability to live at peace with himself. The microbe was no longer the main enemy; science was sufficiently advanced to be able to cope with it admirably. If it were not for such barriers as superstition, ignorance, religious intolerance, misery and poverty.” IfsMenWorldAbleSufferingReligiousEnemyPovertyIgnoranceSickMiseryDuesBarriersSuperstitionsIntoleranceInabilityPerversionReligious IntoleranceMicrobes Author:Brock Chisholm
“Poor kids are much more likely to become sick than their richer counterparts, but much less likely to have health insurance. Talk about a double whammy.” CareKidsPoorPovertySickHealth CareCounterparts Author:Anna Quindlen
“Visit those who are sick, or who are in trouble, especially those whom God has made needy by age, or by other sickness, as the feeble, the blind, and the lame who are in poverty. These you shall relieve with your goods after your power and after their need, for thus biddeth the Gospel.” NeedsMadeAgePovertyTroubleSickBlindSicknessGoodsNeedyLame Author:John Wycliffe
“If we want to cure the things that threaten life, limb and even survival, we need to heal our sick political system. That is, not just to address our physical ailments, but the things that determine whether we're going to survive into the next century. That is war, climate change, poverty, etc. We've got to fix our politics.” IfsWantNeedsWarPoliticalNextPovertyCenturySurvivalSickClimateClimate ChangeDetermineHealCuresAddressesEtcLimbsPolitical SystemsAilments Author:Jill Stein
“I did my residency on the South Side of Chicago.We were taking care of people who were incredibly sick and were really struggling with poverty, and , access to food, and how could they afford their medications.” PeopleCareSidesPovertyStruggleSickSouthAccessChicagoMedicationResidency Author:Jill Stein
“The obscenities of this country are not girls like you. It is the poverty which is obscene, and the criminal irresponsibility of the leaders who make this poverty a deadening reality. The obscenities in this country are the places of the rich, the new hotels made at the expense of the people, the hospitals where the poor die when they get sick because they don't have the money either for medicines or services. It is only in this light that the real definition of obscenity should be made.” PeopleShouldMadeRealCountryRealityLightDiesGirlPoorLeaderPovertyRichLike YouSickMedicineDefinitionsCriminalsHotelExpensesHospitalsObsceneObscenityIrresponsibility Author:F. Sionil José