I'm not an austere person.

Quote by Paul Farmer

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

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

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should...

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should...

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

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

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.

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

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

We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS,...

We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS,...

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But...

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But...

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade...

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade...

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different,...

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different,...

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many...

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many...

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were...

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were...

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to...

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to...

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care...

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care...

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute...

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute...

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order...

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order...

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments...

I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments...

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one...

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one...

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not...

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not...

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering...

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering...