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I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.

It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.

We will talk about cooperation to destroy the disease as soon as we can.

As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.

Of course, there are diseases of which people die.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

I really think people should live to be 100 years old pretty much disease-free. I think that's our genetic potential.

I wish we could have state-of-the-art hospitals in every corner of the earth... but realistically, it's going to be a while before that can happen. But we can immunise every kid on earth, and we can prevent these diseases. It's only a matter of political will, a little bit of money and some systems to do it.

We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.