Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Shirley Chisholm

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Topic

Health care

Speaker

Shirley Chisholm

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Chisholm, Shirley. Spoken in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives meeting. 1970, US House of Representatives, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Absolutely nothing.

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A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

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Fisher Ames
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Ames, Fisher. Address in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives. 1795, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Ames, Fisher. Quoted in A Miracle Mirrored: The Dutch Republic in European Perspective, written by Henk van Nierop, edited by Karel Davids and Jan Lucassen. Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 2.