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"For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom."
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"If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat."
"The disruption of science is one which abandons the method and seeks to conquer grounds outside its territory. It is not at all religion but this pseudo-science that is the enemy of science."
"Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way affected by every other piece of matter in the Universe, it is in theory possible to extrapolate the whole of creation - every sun, every planet, their orbits, their composition and their economic and social history from, say, one small piece of fairy cake."
"You squeeze the eyedropper, and a drop of pond water drips out onto the microscope stage. You look at the projected image. The drop is full of life - strange beings swimming, crawling, tumbling; high dramas of pursuit and escape, triumph and tragedy. This is a world populated by beings far more exotic than in any science fiction movie..."
"What is salvation for humans? The answer is simple: Salvation is to perpetuate our existence via science!"
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"Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge."
"The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them."
"Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society."
"In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons."
"Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey."
"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."
"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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