Affair Quote by Rush D. Holt, Jr

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.

— Kenneth G. Wilson

Many science people feel groups like WHO are there to do a job and not to be dealt with in a political way.

— Gerhard Herzberg

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

— Nina Fedoroff

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

The government's duty is to support basic sciences.

— Tasuku Honjo

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'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

— Ronald Reagan

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

If you look at my track record as government chief scientific advisor, I've always recognized that all of the sciences are important to all…

— Mark Walport

There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences…

— Eric Hobsbawm

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

— Mohammad Hamid Ansari

“The new oligarchy must increasingly rely on the advice of scientists until in the end the politicians become merely the scientists’ puppets.”

— C.S. Lewis