"If anyone is to blame for moving from a professional contract to a jump-through-the-hoops contract it is the government. All this comes, of course, from listening to management consultants who seem to think that people will work only for money and have no concept of professionalism. Professionalism is under threat. It is very sad."
"Wer die Kassenärztlichen Vereinigungen abschaffen will, muss sagen, wer sonst den Rechtsanspruch der Versicherten auf ambulante Behandlung zu jeder Tages- und Nachtzeit durchsetzen will."
"One might as well claim that the tide which rubs pebbles smooth on a beach is doing the pebbles a service because being round is prettier than being jagged. It's of no concern to a pebble what shape it is. But it's very important to a person."