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Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.

Science is one of the comparative advantages of our knowledge-based economy, and focusing on our prowess in providing better tools to address diseases of poverty is one of the best forms of foreign aid.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

We live in a world economically, socially, and culturally dependent on science not only functioning well, but being wisely applied.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

I'm an advocate of human nature.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.