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 1 Share Now -
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 2 Share Now -
Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. - John Charles Polanyi 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -