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Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they cant get medical care or clean water. – Paul Farmer

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You cant have public health without a public health system. We just dont want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. – Paul Farmer

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Health
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Paul Farmer
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The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, theyre major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems. – Paul Farmer

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Health
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Paul Farmer
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I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldnt be such a big deal. – Paul Farmer

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Medical
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Paul Farmer
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Medical
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150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine. – Jim Carrey, 2009 November 20th tweet

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Medical

I dont think theres any independent cartoonist whose stuff I dont like or respect in at least some way or another. Were all marginal laborers – were practically medical oddities – so I dont see why we cant all be nice to each other. – Chris Ware

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Medical

We also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents. – George Pataki

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Medical

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. – Sandra Fluke

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Medical

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It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought. – P. G. Wodehouse

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Food

Dont confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science. – Martin H. Fischer

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Science

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship. – Corazon Aquino

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Freedom

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Capitalism