Peter Walker Quotes

"If we can be more proactive on disasters -- the way we fund them, the way we plan for them -- then we can have better preparedness, we can have more efficient responses, and the assistance is more effective in the end."

"Smoke and mirrors: deficiencies in disaster funding."

"We need to make public health a priority."

"Once a disease like AIDS reaches the kind of proportions we see in sub-Saharan Africa it is no longer a disease, it is a disaster. Such a widespread disease destroys the work force and shatters the economy."

"If we can be more proactive on disasters -- the way we fund them, the way we plan for them -- then we can have better preparedness, we can have more efficient responses, and the assistance is more effective in the end,"

"Once a disease like AIDS reaches the kind of proportions we see in sub-Saharan Africa it is no longer a disease, it is a disaster, ... Such a widespread disease destroys the work force and shatters the economy."

"He goes above and beyond the call of duty and Lebanon is on the map because of his hard work."

"When a government has to cut back on spending, where does it cut back? Inevitably on health care and education."