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Paul Farmer quotes: I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.

Paul Farmer quotes: Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

Paul Farmer quotes: A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

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

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

Paul Farmer quotes: People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

Paul Farmer quotes: That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

Paul Farmer quotes: I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.

I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.

Paul Farmer quotes: I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat.

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat.

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

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

Paul Farmer quotes: Statistics or graphs,'" are not optimal to understand the 'experience of suffering.'" (qtd in Sutton 11)

Statistics or graphs,'" are not optimal to understand the 'experience of suffering.'" (qtd in Sutton 11)

Paul Farmer quotes: The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

Paul Farmer quotes: We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long

We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.

Paul Farmer quotes: I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

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

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

Paul Farmer quotes: The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

Paul Farmer quotes: I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.

I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.

Paul Farmer quotes: The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money

The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money

Paul Farmer quotes: I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

Paul Farmer quotes: The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

Paul Farmer quotes: Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

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

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

Paul Farmer quotes: The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

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

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

Paul Farmer quotes: I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.

I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.

Paul Farmer quotes: I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.

I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.

Paul Farmer quotes: If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

Paul Farmer quotes: The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health.

The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health.

Paul Farmer quotes: I'm not an austere person.

I'm not an austere person.

Paul Farmer quotes: It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

Paul Farmer quotes: Equity is the only acceptable goal

Equity is the only acceptable goal

Paul Farmer quotes: Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.