Quote by Jimmy Carter
The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now,

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedys deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or 79. – Jimmy Carter

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The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. – Jimmy Carter

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Freedom
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When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land. – Jimmy Carter

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Peace
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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. – Jimmy Carter

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Its not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid. – Phil Bredesen

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Health

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat. – Albert Einstein

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Health

We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody whos lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue. – Mark Steyn

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Health

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. – Herbert Spencer

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Health

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I have Graham Greenes telephone number, but I wouldnt dream of using it. I dont seek out writers because we all want to be alone. – Patricia Highsmith

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Myths which are believed in tend to become true. – George Orwell

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I dont think are good for movies. Theyre trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out. – Kevin Costner

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