"It's really, really tough because you have to be honest with the American public and you don't want to scare the hell out of them. And then other times, in attempts to calm people down, have had people be complacent about it. This is particularly problematic in a ‘gotcha” town like Washington."

“Getting death threats for me and my family and harassing my daughters to the point where I have to get security is just, I mean, it's amazing”

“I'd say we have a couple of people who've recovered, they've gotten excellent medical care and the specific therapy, ZMapp … may have had a role in it but we don't know.”

“It’s almost like passing a baton in a race. You don’t want to stop, and then give it to somebody, you want to just essentially keep going”

“I can't jump in front of the microphone and push him down. OK, he said it. Let's try and get it corrected for the next time.”

“This is material that is quite formidable, that is infecting people with inhalation anthrax, infecting them in the absence of direct contact. You can call it whatever you want to call it with regard to grade and size or weaponized or not weaponized. The fact is, it is acting like a highly efficient bioterrorist agent.”

“... the same message has to ... be reiterated over and over again, because either people don't hear it, or they don't believe it, or they don't adopt it.”