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"One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations."
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"I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?"
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"I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too."
"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."
"The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame."
"I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much."
"I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness."
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"Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there."
"A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will, for the first time, let us directly address the problems at the very root level."
"If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life."
"Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem."
"Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they won't function at all."
"As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that will not be able to cope with a new environment."
"Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons."
"If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy."
"If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them."
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