Dr. Paul Farmer
“But [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We do not believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches.”
-Dr. Paul Farmer, as quoted by Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man would cure the world (2004), 40.
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Wendell Berry has a very similar quote that I love: “Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.”
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I just finished this book! Phenomenal…
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