A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users. – Patricia Hewitt
I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week… First things first – that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more. – Patricia Hewitt
You dont repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently – and I think that is what is going to make the difference. – Patricia Hewitt
People are not perfect… very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but theyve had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that. – Patricia Hewitt
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz