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On the wisdom with which we bring science to bear in the war against disease, in the creation of new industries, and in the strengthening of our Armed Forces depends in large measure our future as a nation.

— Vannevar Bush Science - The Endless Frontier (1945)

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As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

The human mind, merely in its chemical and physical aspects, takes on new inspiring attributes.

Science is Not Enough (1967)

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it.

As We May Think (1945)

We puzzle as to whether the universe is bounded or extends forever; whether, indeed, it may only be one universe among many.

Science is Not Enough (1967)

It is the duty to carry on, under stress, the search for understanding.

Science is Not Enough (1967)

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It takes extraordinary wisdom and self-control to accept that many things have a logic we do not understand that is smarter than our own.

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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

George Chapman All Fools (1605)

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