Body Quote by Michael Huffington

He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.

— Hippocrates

Surgeon general's job is to protect, promote and advance the health, safety and security of the nation.

— Richard Carmona

In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and…

— Richard Carmona

War is the only proper school of the surgeon.

— Hippocrates

Surgeon generals are appointed by presidents, but our work isn't about politics. Our highest duty to to the public. Our true guide is science.…

— Vivek Murthy

There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred…

— John Eric Erichsen

Surgeons can cut out everything except cause.

— Herbert M. Shelton

At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the target. If…

— Roberto Azevedo

“It's interesting that when these individuals choose-and it is their choice always-to endure voluntary amputations for their own personal benefit, society professes itself shocked…

— Katherine Dunn

“A skilled surgeon knows that cuts have to be made in order to operate, but the skilled surgeon also knows that the cuts are…

— Kevlin Henney

When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need…

— Ehud Barak

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

— B. H. Liddell Hart