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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.John Charles Polanyi
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Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.John Charles Polanyi
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For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.John Charles Polanyi
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Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.John Charles Polanyi
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For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.John Charles Polanyi
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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.John Charles Polanyi