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Paul Farmer Quotes

The thing about rights is that in the end you can’t prove what should be considered a right Picture Quote #1

If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of Haiti, to Haiti, and much easier to point to either small minded or downright mean spirited policies Picture Quote #1

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick Picture Quote #1

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable Picture Quote #1

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn’t be such a big deal Picture Quote #1

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care Picture Quote #1

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You can’t have public health without a public health system. We just don’t want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system Picture Quote #1

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you’re in front of someone who’s suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act Picture Quote #1

I’m one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat Picture Quote #1

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view Picture Quote #1

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically Picture Quote #1

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It’s the system and its limitations that are to blame Picture Quote #1

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You can’t have public health without working with the public sector. You can’t have public education without working with the public sector in education Picture Quote #1

I can’t sleep. There’s always somebody not getting treatment. I can’t stand that Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country Picture Quote #1

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world Picture Quote #1

Lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights Picture Quote #1

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People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be Picture Quote #1

I think, sometimes, that I’m going nuts, and that perhaps there is something good about blocking clean water for those who have none, making sure that illiterate children remain so, and preventing the resuscitation of the public health sector in the country most in need of it. Lunacy is what it is Picture Quote #1

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems Picture Quote #1

I feel it’s part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling Picture Quote #1

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The thing about rights is that in the end you can’t prove what should be considered a right (Paul Farmer Quotes) If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of Haiti, to Haiti, and much easier to point to either small minded or downright mean spirited policies (Paul Farmer Quotes) But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick (Paul Farmer Quotes) So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable (Paul Farmer Quotes) I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn’t be such a big deal (Paul Farmer Quotes) It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care (Paul Farmer Quotes) You can’t have public health without a public health system. We just don’t want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system (Paul Farmer Quotes) For me, an area of moral clarity is: you’re in front of someone who’s suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act (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 (Paul Farmer Quotes) The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view (Paul Farmer Quotes) The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically (Paul Farmer Quotes) The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It’s the system and its limitations that are to blame (Paul Farmer Quotes) You can’t have public health without working with the public sector. You can’t have public education without working with the public sector in education (Paul Farmer Quotes) I can’t sleep. There’s always somebody not getting treatment. I can’t stand that (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 defeat (Paul Farmer Quotes) It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country (Paul Farmer Quotes) The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world (Paul Farmer Quotes) Lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights (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 (Paul Farmer Quotes) I think, sometimes, that I’m going nuts, and that perhaps there is something good about blocking clean water for those who have none, making sure that illiterate children remain so, and preventing the resuscitation of the public health sector in the country most in need of it. Lunacy is what it is (Paul Farmer Quotes) What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable (Paul Farmer Quotes) 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 (Paul Farmer Quotes) The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems (Paul Farmer Quotes) I feel it’s part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling (Paul Farmer Quotes)

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