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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.
I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.
Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.
Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.
Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.
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.
I experienced how foreign aid for large-scale vaccination projects helps to save the life of children and thus give a real input to growth and to escaping poverty.
The strength of the scientific establishment in any country is related to its general level of education, not only in supplying large numbers of eager minds for further training, but also in ensuring a public opinion that holds science in esteem and approves financial support.
Science is international: the best scientists can come from anywhere; they can come from next door, or they can come from a small village in a country anywhere in the world - we need to make it easier.
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