Human Dignity Is Better Served By Embracing

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.

At The Heart Of Science Lies Discovery Which Involves A Change In Worldview. Discovery In Science Is Possible Only In Societies Which Accord Their Citizens The Freedom To Pursue The Truth Where It May Lead And Which Therefore Have Respect For Different Paths To That Truth.

In Nation After Nation, Democracy Has Taken The Place Of Autocracy.

For Science Must Breathe The Oxygen Of Freedom.

The Respect For Human Rights, Essential If We Are To Use Technology Wisely, Is Not Something Alien That Must Be Grafted Onto Science. On The Contrary, It Is Integral To Science, As Also To Scholarship In General.