“For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.”
John Charles Polanyi“Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.”
John Charles Polanyi“For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.”
John Charles Polanyi“Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.”
John Charles Polanyi“Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.”
John Charles Polanyi