First Hand History

"The government that governs best is the government that governs least."

"For the most part it was praise. Every comment that I've ever had has been one of that's-that's a pretty stand up thing to do. It's pretty-it's different."

"My first outing was to go to Baskin Robbins and have a scoop of chocolate peanut butter ice cream and not have to worry about taking an insulin shot after or testing my blood sugar, and that was really my first introduction to what life would be like."

"It was the size of a twin mattress, five feet tall post, all the way around it, and it was a cage."

"Everything got better because they had access to care."

"I always felt good if I thought that I had done a good job that day and cared for that person. Whether the person lived or died, just to be kind and you know just to give them as much care and love as you could."

"A lot of times the poor will actually want to be discharged from the emergency department even if it isn't in their best interest because they don't have the resources to even, you know get health care."

"And that’s a good example of how crazy people are about this law. "

"And it was the first time I could say that I was glad to be alive. And I thought that people should not have to wait for 42 years to be able to say that..."

"We need try to help. We might only be able to help a few people but a few people is better than helping no one."

"Even if you put the clock in front of me, I wouldn't turn it back."

"I served a year in Vietnam in 1968, and that was a very active period over there."