N. R. Narayana Murthy Quotes

There is no mercy in a system that makes health care a luxury. There is no mercy in a country that turns their back on those most in need of protection: the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the suffering.

I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

One half of the world knows not how the other half lives.

How can we continue to condone a system which heals those who can pay but says to hell with those who can't.

Stopping TB requires a government program that functions every day of the year, and that's hard in certain parts of the world. And partly it's because of who tuberculosis affects: It tends to affect the poor and disenfranchised most.

We have a failing Medicaid system, and you know who that's going to hurt in the end are the most vulnerable in people in our society.

We need to make sure that access to a curative drug doesn't become a yardstick by which poverty is eventually measured. Doing so requires a shared commitment between innovators and the insurance plans that are harder pressed to offer these advances to the poor.

We live on a planet of limited resources - an abstract notion for some of the world's population, but for many of the poorest and most vulnerable, those limits are all too real.

In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.

I think Medicaid harms people.

I'm for helping the poor, always have been. And I don't think they should be bereft of healthcare.

The fact is that the rich are getting richer while the poor are being left behind. Women remain under-represented in boardrooms and under-engaged in the global workforce. Environmental change is leaving the poorest countries vulnerable. Voters are becoming more and more politically polarised and partisan.

The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

For too many, the shot for a brighter future is simply out of reach.

The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.

The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.

India lived in hopelessness, as the government was not responsive. It did not know what the poor needed. There was complete policy paralysis. Corruption was rampant, and terrorists used to play havoc in the country.

Flip-flops are a privilege, not a right.

I know firsthand how our being such a rural state presents challenges to healthcare.

While we have created prosperity for many, too many are being left behind.

By training and keeping doctors in underserved areas, we're working toward a goal of increasing access to quality health care for more of our communities.

We need a coordinated, citywide approach to make sure that everyone in San Francisco is sheltered and has access to the care they need.