A Quote by Shirley Chisholm

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Shirley Chisholm

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Health Human Privilege Purchased Right

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Shirley Chisholm
American - Politician
November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005

Health care is not a commodity or privilege, but a human right.

Julio Frenk

The health of a society is truly measured by the quality of its concern and care for the health of its members . . . The right of every individuals to adequate health care flows from the sanctity of human life and that dignity belongs to all human beings . . . We believe that health is a fundamental human right which has as its prerequisites social justice and equality and that it should be equally available and accessible to all.

Sadullah Khan

My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I don't think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldn't be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world.

Bryan Cranston

We have never seen health as a right. It has been conceived as a privilege, available only to those who can afford it. This is the real reason the American health care system is in such a scandalous state.

Shirley Chisholm

We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.

John Lewis

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Rod Blagojevich

Health care is a right, not a privilege.

Edward Kennedy

We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.

Tom Perez

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

Ed Pastor

Health care in America must be a right, not a privilege.

Bernie Sanders

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom, the right to freely express opinion and the right to be allowed to criticise and form opinions. Human dignity is the right to health, work, education and social welfare. Human dignity is the right and the practical possibility to shape the future with others. These rights, the rights of democracy, are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.

Olof Palme

The fundamental disagreement most Republicans have is they don't think health care is a right. They think it is a privilege, not a right.

Joe Biden

Health care is a right, not a privilege. In order for that right to be shared by everyone, it's very important that we eliminate free riders. Everybody should be participating. The bigger the pool, the lower the cost, the healthier the country.