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
When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was our responsibility to take care of her and pay her medical bills. And we embraced that. But the tricky part is, like so many families in the South, we also expected her to use a separate bathroom, to use separate utensils. – Kathryn Stockett
There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring. – Ashley Montagu
I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldnt bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And Ive ended up with an educated thug. – Sade Adu
