Paul Farmer
Co-founder of Partners In Health, focused on infectious diseases in poor countries, said 'The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.'
Quotes by Paul Farmer
The greatest challenge of our time is to ensure that everyone has access to quality health care.
I believe in the power of accompaniment.
The only way to make a difference is to show up.
We must never accept the unacceptable.
The fight for health equity is a marathon, not a sprint.
To truly heal, we must address the root causes of suffering.
The greatest gift you can give is your time and your talent.
We are called to be agents of change.
The work is hard, but the rewards are immeasurable.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world.
I am a doctor who wants to be a physician-anthropologist, and I am an anthropologist who wants to be a physician.
To deal with the underlying causes of global health inequities, we must address the social and economic conditions that perpetuate them.
Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale.
The perpetual idealist is the realist.
We need to stop thinking of health as an individual responsibility and start seeing it as a collective one.
Poverty is not an accident, but a result of choices made by those in power.
If access to health care is considered a right, then who is responsible for making it so?
The poor die because they are poor; the rich live because they are rich.
Global health is about justice, not charity.