If people want me to go round and talk to governments and others then I feel that responsibility which is why I am on the road a good deal of the time and why I'm not slowing down.

Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.

Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.

We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social determinants of health.

The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

Your position in the hierarchy influences your behaviour.

Once you get off the ladder you'll never get back on.

Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.

Our elected politicians do what they judge is the right thing to do. And if we disagree then I'll show them the evidence of why I disagree.

The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.

Written words are divine footprints on earth.

One thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.

Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.

I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.

I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were shooting, how awful I felt.

You can't hang a man for shooting a woman who was trying to steal his horse.