Public health Quotes

I'm definitely not an expert on public health.

— Spencer Dinwiddie

Throwing young people on the scrap heap is a public health emergency.

— Michael Marmot

We must uphold public health and well-being.

— Al N. Green

Public safety is a public health issue.

— Cori Bush

I've noticed that every public health minister has been a woman.

— Anna Soubry

Public health and safety are my highest priorities.

— Kate Brown

Handguns are a public health issue.

— Joycelyn Elders

Public health research has saved countless lives in the past.

— Leana S. Wen

As a public health official, paid sick leave is first and foremost an issue of health - of people's lives.

— Leana S. Wen

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

— Jim Hightower

Accurate diagnostics are key to enabling successful public health measures.

— Scott Gottlieb

It was and has been one of the major interventions in public health, and it's absolutely vital that people vaccinate their children.

— Mark Walport

I want to be incredibly clear: The United States stands for a public health approach to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

— Deborah Birx

“The biggest enemy of western people is not war or terrorism, it is their own governments lack of regulation of public health…

— Steven Magee

I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health.

— Bryant Terry

Public health is hard. Nobody goes into it for the money or the acclaim. People work many long hours.

— Leana S. Wen

Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the…

— Matt Cartwright

Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was…

— Jonathan Gruber

By creating a generation of vulnerable people, especially children, with a poor, irregular diet, we are storing up a public health time…

— Luciana Berger

As cities get bigger, our best defence will be to prevent outbreaks in the first place by building better public health systems,…

— Seth Berkley

We live in a world at constant risk of public health emergencies. In our increasingly interconnected world, public health emergencies can affect…

— Tedros Adhanom

AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority…

— Larry Kramer

“People should only work for four days a week to reduce their stress levels, allow them to take more exercise and see…

— Anonymous

Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use…

— Jeff Goodell

Right now, American government has stepped back from offering any kinds of protection for human rights and public health. And the fossil…

— Annie Leonard

Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and…

— Lysander Spooner

The moment I gave birth to my son, Eli, was the happiest in my life. He changed my world. My identity had…

— Leana S. Wen

“The wealthy and the powerful aren’t just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores. When you go…

— J.D. Vance

The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from…

— Robert Jarvik

“Adult obesity and overweight statistics have increased by about 50 percent since the Dietary Goals were announced. [by the federal government, in…

— Larry McCleary MD

I've pretty much always used my positions as a bully pulpit. What that means is strongly advocating for the things I feel…

— Joycelyn Elders

[I]t's up to Republicans to expose the bureaucracies and criticize the orthodoxies - to ask why visas for travel to the United…

— William Kristol

“I once saw a woman wearing a low-cut dress; she had a glazed look in her eyes, and she was walking the…

— Paulo Coelho

“The world of shadows and superstition that was Victorian England, so well depicted in this 1871 tale, was unique. While the foundations…

— Hugh Lamb

“Those words went unheeded at the time, but when Europe was rebuilt after the Second World War, the Western powers embraced the…

— Naomi Klein

“We even save a few lives, but only a fraction of the lives that need to be saved. Soon, we will leave…

— Pamela Grim

“I write these words in May of 2011, the week after a huge outbreak of tornadoes killed hundreds across the American South;…

— Bill McKibben

“I’ll use this book as an example. Because I am writing a book that attacks the nonsensical commentaries of our current moral…

— Xavier Lastra

“The family which takes its mauve an cerise, air-conditioned, power-steered and power-braked automobile out for a tour passes through cities that are…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Even if these researchers do see the need to address the problem immediately, though they have obligations and legitimate interests elsewhere, including…

— Gary Taubes