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“If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.”
― In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez
― In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez
“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”
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“the basis of our preferential option for the poor to say: I accompany them not because they are all good, or because I am all good, but because God is good.”
― In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez
― In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez
“There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives”
― Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
― Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
“WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches”
― Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
― Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
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