A Quote by James Orbinski
The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.
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As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness – to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction... The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.
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Crime is fought best at the scene of the violence.
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