Some is not a number. Soon is not a time.

- Donald Berwick

I am romantic about the NHS. I love it.

- Donald Berwick

I think health care is more about love than about most other things. If there isn't at the core of this two human beings who have agreed to be in a r…

- Donald Berwick

We are guests in our patients' lives.

- Donald Berwick

Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compe…

- Donald Berwick

We must accept human error as inevitable - and design around that fact.

- Donald Berwick

Right now, we are doing it blindly.

- Donald Berwick

Traditional medical ethics, based on the doctor-patient relationship must be changed... The primary function of health care regulations should be to …

- Donald Berwick

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer a…

- Donald Berwick