"At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people."

"There is no governing structure for a pandemic, and little more than vague political pressure to ensure limited access to life-sparing tools and medicines for more than half the world population."

"What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's a trust between the government and the people."

"Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected populations of the planet."

"Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker."

"What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief."

"Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines."

"I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival."