Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. Medicine, as a social science, as the science of human beings, has the obligation to point out problems and to attempt their theoretical solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist, must find the means for their actual solution. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and social problems fall to a large extent within their jurisdiction.

Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.

Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.

Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.

Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. Medicine, as a social science, as the science of human beings, has the obligation to point out problems and to attempt their theoretical solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist, must find the means for their actual solution. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and social problems fall to a large extent within their jurisdiction.