--- title: "1 Fight Long Quotes By Paul Farmer" description: "1 Fight Long quotes by Paul Farmer. Plus more from Paul Farmer and more Fight Long sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/paul-farmer-9803_defeat_we-want-to-be-on-the-winning-team-but-at_1272238.jpg" --- > [We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/we-want-to-be-on-the-winning-team-but-at-the-risk-of-turning-our/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/paul-farmer-9803_defeat_we-want-to-be-on-the-winning-team-but-at_1272238.jpg) ## More by Paul Farmer > [If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it's usually people with a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/if-you-look-at-people-who-seek-a-lot-of-care-in-american-cities-for/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/it-is-very-expensive-to-give-bad-medical-care-to-poor-people-in-a/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/the-idea-that-because-you-re-born-in-haiti-you-could-die-having-a/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-critique-market-based-medicine-not-because-i-haven-t-seen-its/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/with-rare-exceptions-all-of-your-most-important-achievements-on-this/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/the-poorest-parts-of-the-world-are-by-and-large-the-places-in-which/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [One of the things we have to acknowledge is that if you look at Haiti, many billions of dollars have gone into development aid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/one-of-the-things-we-have-to-acknowledge-is-that-if-you-look-at-haiti/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-feel-it-s-part-of-my-job-to-make-the-problems-of-the-poor-compelling/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-can-t-think-of-a-better-model-for-haiti-rebuilding-than-rwanda/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/but-as-for-activism-my-parents-did-what-they-could-given-the/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/what-i-can-argue-is-that-no-one-should-have-to-die-of-a-disease-that/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [I'm not an austere person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-m-not-an-austere-person/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/again-conventional-catholicism-does-not-much-appeal-to-me/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-would-say-that-intellectually-catholicism-had-no-more-impact-on-me/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) > [I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-think-we-will-see-better-vaccines-within-the-next-15-years-but-i-m/) [Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight-long/paul-farmer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fight Long Quotes By Paul Farmer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. 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