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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has
requested $534 million to help fight poverty and disease throughout the world.
The plan would help children in 33 nations, with Afghanistan, Sudan, and the
Democratic Republic of Congo receiving the largest amount of funding. UNICEF
Executive Director Carol Bellamy also noted that the organization is
intensifying its effort to help Iraqi citizens have better access to measles
vaccines and clean water, although the funds that have been set aside do not
include the extra support that would be needed if there is a U.S.-led war in
Iraq.
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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"