Anthony Fauci Quotes

You must build public policies on reason, on facts.

Disregard belief systems that aren't based on empirical studies.

All policies should be guided by science, not just whose voice is the loudest.

I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.

The reason I spend so much of my time doing science is that the whole point of science is to help people resolve conflicting claims by saying: 'Show me the data.'

You can't manage science.... There are some things that you have to do based on the facts regardless of your ideology.

Never, ever, compromise on science.

Good policy is grounded in a robust set of facts and data.

You can't rush the science, but when the science points you in the right direction, then you can start rushing.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

As a scientist, you're not supposed to make decisions without the data.

Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science.

Every day we go over data and use science and data to drive policy and decision-making.

I will never speculate on data. I always need to see data.

Science is the only true guide in life.

I believe in evidence-based decision making. I want to know what the facts are.

Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.