I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good.
The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.
Most Americans are very responsible.
We have to be responsible in what we say as leaders.
I think if we're going to live in this - in this world - in this technological world where information can be disseminated so quickly, we have to be serious and take firm, strong action against those who are putting American lives at risk. Because this will put people's lives at risk.
Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.
Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.
I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.
It is one of the glories of America that we move to higher levels of awareness.
It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.
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