We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories in the sense that we've cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible.

lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights.

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

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 thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.