C. Everett Koop Quotes

When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, ‘Thy will be done,’ it is, as far as I am concerned, the most rank form of arrogance . . . The faith-healer Bosworth once said that faith makes God act. If you follow that line of reasoning God is in His heaven, but Bosworth rules the world!

The best prescription is knowledge.

Dr. Lourie’s determined and compassionate advocacy led to new and improved services for thousands of children and families across the nation… the Lourie Center has rededicated itself institutionally to continuing his important work.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation

My experience with the Junior League, when I worked in Philadelphia for four years in reference to children’s things, is that whenever they were asked they responded. They always responded with sincerity, and they did a good job.

In thirty-five years of medicine I have never seen one case where abortion was necessary to save a mother’s life.

Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years of pediatric surgery, I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life. If toward the end of the pregnancy complications arise that threaten the mother’s health, the doctor will induce labor or perform a Caesarean section. His intention is to save the life of both the mother and the baby. The baby’s life is never willfully destroyed because the mother’s life is in danger.

When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.

Make your kids go out and play. Kids ought to grow up the way you and I grew up and we grew up fifty years apart or maybe more. But we did the same things. Now who’s out playing in the afternoon? Nobody.

Risks I think are the thing that make life important and everything that you and I do is risk vs. benefit. Is there a risk to sending your kid out? Absolutely. Is there a benefit? It exceeds the risk.

Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.

The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.