Important Quote by Mildred Dresselhaus

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

“Political and economic considerations exert pressure on science to answer strictly practical, immediate problems––in some cases by directed funding, in other coercive ways by…

— Kane X. Faucher

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

I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to…

— David Deutsch

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

— Leonard Mlodinow

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

— E. O. Wilson

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly surprising, it is imperative that our political thinking should…

— Bertrand Russell

There is need for more science in politics and less politics in science.

— Richard J. Roberts

“Once in a while a new government initiates a program to put power to better use, but its success or failure never really proves…

— B.F. Skinner

Let's face it, the subject of campaign finance is not always scintillating. But it's incredibly important.

— Jane Mayer

It has been said, and perhaps with truth, that the conclusions of Political Economy partake more of the certainty of the stricter sciences than…

— Thomas Malthus

The problem is that once we focus on economic policy, much that is not science comes into play. Politics becomes involved, and political posturing…

— Robert J. Shiller