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

If you look at the history of our country over the last 100 years, there have been periods where science and research have been celebrated. They were really kind of held up as heroes in society, which encouraged a generation of people to go into these fields.

Science is an enterprise that should be cherished as an activity of the free human mind. Because it transforms who we are, how we live, and it gives us an understanding of our place in the universe.

Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories - much of the debugging has to be done by others.

Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

I'm a big believer that science is part of a larger cultural thing. Science is not all by itself.

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.