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"Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts."
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"We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels."

"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong."

"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."

"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."

"The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack."

"What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes."

"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."

"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."

"The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld."
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"The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees."


"While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together."


"The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community."


"My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives."


"The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature."


"In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services."


"Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research."


"My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage."
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