American people Quote by Edward Teller

Scientists surely have a special responsibility. It is their ideas that form the basis of new technology. They should not be indifferent to the…

— Martin Rees

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

— John Charles Polanyi

Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.

— John Charles Polanyi

Scientists, therefore, are responsible for their research, not only intellectually but also morally. This responsibility has become an important issue in many of today's…

— Fritjof Capra

“Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he is doing”

— Konrad Lorenz

Most scientists know what needs to be done to save our Earth. But the politicians don't listen to them. They will listen to popular…

— Pete Seeger

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up ... and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

— Elvin C. Stakman

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

— Serge Lang

“Big discoveries call for even bigger responsibility, since they come with the biggest hazards, if they get into the wrong hands. As soon as…

— Sima B. Moussavian

Scientists are not delinquents. Our work has changed the conditions in which men live, but the use made of these changes is the problem…

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be…

— Mark Walport

Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process…

— Michael Polanyi