Jonas Salk (October 281914 – June 231995) was a medical researcher and author, the inventor of the Salk vaccine against Polio, and the founder of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Quotes
Edward R. Murrow: Who owns the patent on this vaccine? Jonas Salk: Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?
CBS Television interview, on See It Now (12 April 1955); quoted in Shots in the Dark : The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine (2001) by Jon Cohen
It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.
On testing his vaccine against polio on himself, his wife, and his three sons (9 May 1955)
I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
On receiving Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement (23 April 1956); several variations of this personal motto are often quoted, including: