Joseph A. Califano, Jr. famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Americaâ€™s drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians. It will be solved in living rooms and dining rooms and across kitchen tables â€“ by parents and families.
-- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

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Women have come a long way over the past 20 years, but in substance abuse and addiction, women have come the wrong way.
-- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

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Were Moses to go up Mount Sinai today, the two tablets he'd bring down with him would be aspirin and Prozac.
-- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

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There are no free lunches on welfare.
-- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

#Lunch #Politics #Welfare
America’s drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians. It will be solved in living rooms and dining rooms and across kitchen tables – by parents and families.
-- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

#America #Judging #Parent
At least 25% of the money Americans spend on health care is wasted.
-- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

#Care #Health Care

I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.
When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.
But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
Save me from the error of judging a church by its size, popularity or the amount of its yearly offerings.
I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm. But don't ever talk to me about the honor of police captains or judges. If they couldn't be bought they wouldn't have the job.
My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.
No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
What I want to be best at is being a dad. There's no room for sucky dads, and that's another thing I'm proud of my bandmates for - they're all really good parents.

Joseph A. Califano, Jr. famous quotes

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