Daily Inspiration Quote by Mort Kondracke

"Research is what it's going to take to cure all these diseases" reads like a blunt corrective to America’s favorite health fantasies: that the right miracle diet, the right charismatic doctor, or the right piece of political theater will save us. Mort Kondracke, a journalist best known for translating Washington’s power games into TV-ready clarity, compresses a sprawling policy argument into a single, stubborn premise. The line doesn’t flatter the audience. It drags the conversation away from vibes and toward infrastructure.

The intent is pragmatic and implicitly political. "Research" here isn’t a lab-coat abstraction; it’s budgets, trials, data-sharing, and the slow, unsexy work of institutions. The phrasing "what it’s going to take" carries a hint of impatience, as if answering a recurring question from donors, lawmakers, or viewers who want an immediate fix. It’s also a rebuke to the idea that disease is primarily a moral failing or a personal responsibility problem. Kondracke shifts causality: cures come less from individual willpower than from collective investment.

The subtext is shaped by modern media’s cycle of panic and promise. Diseases multiply in the public imagination because headlines do: cancer, Alzheimer’s, rare disorders, emerging viruses. Saying "all these diseases" acknowledges that overload, then offers one through-line solution that can scale. It works rhetorically because it’s both modest (no guaranteed timeline) and absolute about method. In a culture that loves shortcuts, Kondracke argues for the long road - and dares policymakers to fund it.