We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions as to personnel other than those designed to promote the objects for which this institution is established, and particularly with no regard whatever to accidents of race, creed, or sex.

Medical education is not just a program for building knowledge and skills in its recipients... it is also an experience which creates attitudes and expectations.

You have had your last bad meal. But, you have also heard your last honest compliment, and you have lost your last true friend.

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.

The world in which we live is the only world about which our senses can testify.

The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.