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John Charles Polanyi

"Individual scientists like myself - and many more conspicuous - pointed to the dangers of radioactive fallout over Canada if we were to launch nuclear weapons to intercept incoming bombers."

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"Individual scientists like myself - and many more conspicuous - pointed to the dangers of radioactive fallout over Canada if we were to launch nuclear weapons to intercept incoming bombers."

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Asa Don Brown

"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian."

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Asa Don Brown

"Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it."

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Asa Don Brown

"There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada."

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Asa Don Brown

"South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated."

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Asa Don Brown

"When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?""

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Asa Don Brown

"In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons."

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Asa Don Brown

"Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes."

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Asa Don Brown

"The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same."

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Asa Don Brown

"Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit."

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Asa Don Brown

"I'm kinda disapointed that Canada isn't like the South Park movie said it was."

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John Charles Polanyi
"What makes the Universal Declaration an epochal document is first of all its global impetus and secondly the breadth of its claims, a commitment to a new social contract, binding on all the Governments of the world."

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John Charles Polanyi
"The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly."

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John Charles Polanyi
"Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it."

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John Charles Polanyi
"Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality."

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John Charles Polanyi
"Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts."

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John Charles Polanyi
"The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them."

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John Charles Polanyi
"The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight."

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John Charles Polanyi
"When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves."

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John Charles Polanyi
"Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement."

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John Charles Polanyi
"Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol."

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