Paul Farmer Quotes

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In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.

Paul Farmer
I'm going to build my own fucking hospital. And there'll be none of that there, thank you.

Paul Farmer
I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment. I can't stand that.

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I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.

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There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives

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If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

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In an age of explosive development in the realm of medical technology, it is unnerving to find that the discoveries of Salk, Sabin, and even Pasteur remain irrelevant to much of humanity.

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God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot... You want to see where Christ crucified abides today? Go to where the poor are suffering and fighting back, and that's where He is.

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With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

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