It’s not our fault if we are born ignorant, but it is our fault if we die that way.
“Once again, no book is genuinely free from political bias. The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.”
― Selected Essays
― Selected Essays
“As physicians, we swear by something called the Hippocratic Oath, which says to “First do no harm.” As a physician myself, I can’t imagine placing my own personal beliefs above caring for another human being.”
― You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion
― You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion
“Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever. ‘Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“The physician spoke with confidence. He was a man, after all. He had no reason to think he would not be believed.”
― Weyward
― Weyward
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