There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from public debate and public decision making. Whether the public has come to regard evidence as optional. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free era." Whether… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists take great… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
It is true that when people are appointed to positions and talk without any appreciation or understanding of scientists, well, that gets scientists worried.… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
This whole controversy about global warming or even evolution - politicians just don't want to take the time to educate themselves. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
The level of concern and anxiety among scientists - and I guess I'd say the science-friendly public - about the place of science in… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
One must not politicize science. But the converse is not necessarily true. There's no reason why scientists can not go into the public sphere.… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share
