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John Charles Polanyi
Canadian
January 23, 1929
Scientist
Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.
John Charles Polanyi
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Knowledge
Better
Human
The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.
John Charles Polanyi
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Science
Thing
Most
Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.
John Charles Polanyi
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Good
Things
Only
Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.
John Charles Polanyi
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Truth
Science
Up
In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons.
John Charles Polanyi
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Should
Whether
Major
If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.
John Charles Polanyi
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Experience
People
Our
Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.
John Charles Polanyi
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Science
Things
Which
Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement.
John Charles Polanyi
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Science
People
Me
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
John Charles Polanyi
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Science
Respect
Technology
