“Let us fight for every woman and every man to have the opportunity to live healthy, secure lives, full of opportunity and love. We are all time travellers, journeying together into the future. But let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit.”
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About this quote
A blunt call to stop tolerating systems that fail people and to build concrete protections for health and dignity. Where are you making excuses and where can you take immediate action—vote, volunteer, fund solutions, or hold leaders accountable? We are all time travellers, journeying together into the future; use that awareness to plan and act so tomorrow is not stolen by today's comfort.
When to use it
- Use the line in a speech at a town meeting to demand concrete steps for local healthcare and housing, not empty promises.
- Share it when organizing volunteers for a community clinic, as a direct reminder that actions matter more than talk.
- Apply it to personal planning: choose long-term health and savings over short-term comfort and name the changes you will make this month.
- Quote it when holding elected officials to account—ask for measurable policies that protect people’s security and opportunity.