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Edmund Burke

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

Mahatma Gandhi

It is not our patient who is dependent on us, but we who are dependent on him. By serving him, we are not obliging him; rather, by giving us the privilege to serve him, he is obliging us
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Martin Luther King

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy

Nelson Mandela

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making this world the better place we so passionately dream of

Albert Einstein

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same

Roger Sperry NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST, NOBEL LAUREATE, 1981

In brief, it becomes increasingly evident that the prime, urgent need of our times is not for more science and improved technology, medical or otherwise, but for some new ethical policies and moral guidelines to live and govern by

CAPTAIN CHESLEY SULLENBERGER, WHO SAFELY BROUGHT DOWN HIS PLANE IN THE HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK

We have purchased at great cost lessons literally bought with blood that we have to preserve as institutional knowledge and pass on to succeeding generations. We cannot have the moral failure of forgetting those lessons and have to relearn them.