The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi your children may go to bed hungry. We want to take some of the chance out of that.

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

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

The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.