Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to the new, the unexpected, and the game-changing.

While health reform is a worthy goal, we shouldn't pay for it by taxing those who already have high medical costs because they or someone in their family has a disability.

Truly affordable but high-quality health care tools and services are the only means by which quality health care can be provided to all.

I don't feel that this is unfair. That's the thing about cancer. I'm not the only one; it happens all the time to people. I'm not special.