Irwin Redlener Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.”

“There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile.”

“Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.”

“If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especially those at high risk, there is the potential to save the health care system billions of dollars.”

“Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.”

“The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.”

“The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.”

“President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.”

“Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.”

“From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.”