"The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician."

-- Abraham Verghese

#Physicians Quotes #Reform Quotes #Care Quotes

“Any conqueror in human history has always been ultimately someone who exists purely for the expansion of their own ego, through amounting more.”
“Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.”

Source : Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, delivered 23 March 1775 at Henrico Parrish Church St, Richmond Virginia, Second Virginia Convention
“Life is being, not having.”
“Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.”
“Justice is doing for others what we would want done for us.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 24, 2016
“Good writers are visible just behind their words.”
“There's no such thing as a normal life. Some lives are just more interesting than others, and we shouldn't judge people for being boring.”
“In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.”

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