Job Quote by Gerhard Herzberg

I don't think any administration, when they come in, thinks that their job is to tell the scientists what the science looks like or…

— Gina McCarthy

I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.

— Michael Crichton

The politics is far harder than the science. And even if we accept the science we have a big issue of how to deal…

— Martin Rees

I believe that politics takes a much different set of skills than science. Science is about getting to the truth. Politics is about what…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.

— Nina Fedoroff

Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics.

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

Unfortunately, there's a lot of people in high places who understand the science but don't like where the policy leads them: too much government…

— David Titley

Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for…

— Edward Abbey

Today most funding for science comes through government. That means that you have to be known to be sympathetic to conclusions that are acceptable…

— Doug Casey

Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to…

— Paul Feyerabend

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

Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out…

— David Suzuki