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People are ready to say, Yes, we are ready for single-payer health

People are ready to say, Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance. We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations. – Studs Terkel

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We use the word hope perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: I hope its a nice day. Hopefully, youre doing well. So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so. – Studs Terkel

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Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence – providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. – Studs Terkel

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Im not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, Yes, we are part of a world. – Studs Terkel

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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you dont want, drink what you dont like, and do what youd rather not. – Mark Twain

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I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care. – Eric Cantor

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Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them? – Sargent Shriver

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