Community Quote by Fred Hollows

“The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.”

Fred Hollows

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I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other

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To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.

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When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.

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Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts.

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Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on…

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You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out…

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I studied medicine so I could help others - set a leg or whatever - and it's given me a great deal of satisfaction.

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I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.

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