Cities Quote by L. Neil Smith Download Open image “City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.” — L. Neil Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Government Health Ought Politics Public health
“The government should either force the population to get healthy, or tax them for not complying. If the people still refuse to shape up,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The job of the government - and my responsibility - is to help people live healthier lives. The framework is about giving local authorities… — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
Public health depends on winning over hearts and minds. It's not enough to just have a good policy, you have to convince people to… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it? — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
The government should never be in the business of coercing the citizenry into making medical decisions but rather provide all necessary information for the… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers. — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a… — Julie Gerberding Copy Share Image
In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social… — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
Privatization is a neoliberal and imperialist plan. Health can't be privatized because it is a fundamental human right, nor can education, water, electricity and… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I have a recurring daymare that when the Glorious People's SWAT Teams smash their way in, most of us - by which I mean… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Victim disarmament types are sick, sick people, who'd rather see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose than see… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Money, first and foremost, is a medium of communication, conveying the information we call 'price'. Government control of the money supply is censorship, a… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“...occasionally I like carrying raw steel to remind myself of an important lesson. The blade's an extension of the hand, the agent--no pun intended--of… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image