My politics were those of prophylaxis, my opponents preferred those of palliation.

It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.

'Science in itself' is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. 'Science for its own sake' usually means nothing more than science for the sake of the people who happen to be pursuing it.

Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.

There can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.

The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.

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