The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
MELINDA GATESIt’s important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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If you don’t have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won’t change the trajectory for students.
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If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools is where the world is lagging. I’m seeing a lot of countries look at this now.
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All lives have an equal value.
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Government funding that’s coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It’s really palpable – it’s making a huge difference saving lives.
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It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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If you can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.
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If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It’s a man. Who’s left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That’s the place that governments often don’t want to, or can’t, work.
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