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 …

- Paul Farmer

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

- Paul Farmer

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 heal…

- Paul Farmer

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

- Paul Farmer

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

- Paul Farmer

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

- Paul Farmer

We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you st…

- Paul Farmer

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

- Paul Farmer

God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. You want to see where Christ crucified …

- Paul Farmer