"I came to believe that health services ought……" — Tommy Douglas
"I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get whatever health services they required irrespective of their individual capacity to pay."
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24 Quotes by Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas has 24 quotes on this site.
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If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of…
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Courage, my friend, it's not too late to make the world a better place.
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The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we…
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We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the…
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I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of…
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I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of…
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We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make…
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The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare…
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It has been said that a country’s greatness can be measured by what it does for its unfortunates. By that…
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A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your…
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The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads.
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Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins…
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