#be

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ask #bear #derives #expectation #fact

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#biggest problem #challenge #cholera #haiti #health

Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong, but tonight you're on my mind, so you never know. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#good #i #keep #know #love

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#discover #give #hearing #liberals #offended

I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#bed #black #blanket #body #coal

I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words. ↗

— Pat Buckley

#big #god #i #i believe #i believe that

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#because #best #blame #constitutes #countries

Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn't have them anywhere else. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#always #anywhere #because #been #being

I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#haiti #i #model #rebuilding #rwanda

I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#critique #depths #haven #heights #i