Here are ten quotes that I hope will meet your needs.
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"Communities can help when it comes to health promotion and disease
prevention. When there are no safe places for children to play, or for
adults to walk, jog, or ride a bike, that's a community
responsibility. When school lunchrooms or workplace cafeterias don't
offer healthy and appealing food choices, that is a community
responsibility. When new or expectant parents are not educated about
the benefits of breast-feeding, that's a community responsibility. And
when we don't require daily physical education in our schools, that is
also a community responsibility."
David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General 1998-2002
Healthlink: Medical College of Wisconsin
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1012427400.html
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"Health care is vital to all of us some of the time but public health
is vital to all of us all of the time."
- C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General 1981-1989
Tulsa City-County Health Department
http://www.tulsa-health.org/assessment/tchp/pdf/Chap%2011%20-%20Health%20Dept%20Svc%20&%20Prog.pdf
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"Health is more than absence of disease; it is about economics,
education, environment, empowerment, and community. The health and
well being of the people is critically dependent upon the health
system that serves them. It must provide the best possible health with
the least disparities and respond equally well to everyone."
- Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General 1993-1994
Delta Health Education Partnership
http://www.dhep.astate.edu/ojdh/The%20Big%20Picture
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick
society."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Brainy Quote
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/jiddukrish107856.html
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"Hospitals and health care providers are not only important for our
quality of life, but are also essential for the survival of our
communities."
- Congressman Jerry Moran
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/moranks01/ed_99_health.htm
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"We need to be as well prepared to defend ourselves against public
health dangers as we should be to defend ourselves against any foreign
dangers of any kind."
- Hillary Clinton, former First Lady of the United States
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/14/hillary.cnn/
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"The public's health depends on the interaction of many factors; thus,
the health of a community is a shared responsibility of many entities,
organizations, and interests in the community, including health
service delivery organizations, public health agencies, other public
and private entities, and the people of a community."
- Institute of Medicine, Improving Health in the Community: A Role for
Performance Monitoring. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997.
Texas Department of Health
http://www.local.tdh.state.tx.us/lphsdef.htm
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"The health of a community is determined by the health of its citizens
and by the well-being of the community as a whole. If the physical,
mental or emotional health of citizens is poor or declining, the
health of the entire community suffers. On the other hand, if the
community itself is not healthy - if health care is inadequate or not
affordable, if physical conditions are unsafe, polluted, or ugly and
if basic emotional support among citizens is lacking - the health of
its citizens will be diminished. Community health and individual
health cannot be separated."
- Douglas Schuler, New Community Networks: Wired for Change.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Massachusetts.
University of Texas
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/rhodesprp/01_02/divide/needs.htm
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"Health is the celebration of life - assuring that each person lives
life to its fullest. If we want to achieve this important future goal
for our community, everyone must be involved. Business and industry
play a key role. Health improvement is more than an ideology. It is a
major contributor to the bottom line of every business in the
community."
- Leland R. Kaiser, Ph.D, Futurist and Motivational Speaker
http://www.kaiser.net/kc/html/speakers/kaiser/fullprofile.htm
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""The cumulative health of each individual determines the health of
their community; the health of every community in every State
determines the overall health status of the Nation."
- Kerri Maxwell, Harry S Truman Scholar
Hendrix College
http://www.hendrix.edu/News/2000/kerrimaxwell.htm
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