People care a lot that the USA is well run, and people globally expect us to do things in upgrading science and more.

Natural epidemics can be extremely large. Intentionally caused epidemics, bioterrorism, would be the largest of all.

I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.

In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car. Actually, the dark horse in that race was internal combustion, but because of the energy density of gasoline and discovery of oil in large amounts at that point in first Pennsylvania and then Texas, it won out over those other two, to the point that those other two are actually viewed as obscure footnotes in history.

The phenomenal generosity of the United States in its aid budget towards health issues is the best in the world. You can look at that broadly, you can look at it in terms of HIV, the PEPFAR money which came together in a Republican administration with bipartisan support.

If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.

Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles.