Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty

Dissections Daily Convince Us Of Our Ignorance Of The Seats Of Diseases, And Cause Us To Blush At Our Prescriptions. How Often Are We Disappointed In Our Expectation From The Most Certain And Powerful Of Our Remedies, By The Negligence Or Obstinacy Of Our Patients! What Mischief Have We Done Under The Belief Of False Facts And False Theories! We Have Assisted In Multiplying Diseases. We Have Done More — We Have Increased Their Mortality.

Unless We Put Medical Freedom Into The Constitution, The Time Will Come When Medicine Will Organize Into An Undercover Dictatorship To Restrict The Art Of Healing To One Class Of Men And Deny Equal Privileges To Others; The Constitution Of The Republic Should Make A Special Privilege For Medical Freedoms As Well As Religious Freedom.

The Gates Of Hell Shall Not Prevail Against It.

Temperate, Sincere, And Intelligent Inquiry And Discussion Are Only To Be Dreaded By The Advocates Of Error. The Truth Need Not Fear Them.

Let Our Pupil Be Taught That He Does Not Belong To Himself, But That He Is Public Property ... He Must Be Taught To Amass Wealth, But It Must Be Only To Increase His Power Of Contributing To The Wants And Demands Of The State... [education] Can Be Done Effectually Only By The Interference And Aid Of The Legislature.