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"I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior."
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"It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it."

"Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so."

"Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years."

"I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide."

"Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something."

"So, I'm getting less chips, paying the same amount of money. Is that legal for them to do this?"

"We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that."

"By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties."
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"Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests."


"Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma."


"Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions."


"What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress."


"Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us."


"They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community."


"I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground."


"To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters."


"Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists."
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