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There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything.

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

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

We are a studying nation. Scholarship from science is important to the whole world and those people need to be able to be safe and secure in what they do.