"For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom."
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"Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.“
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"Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things."
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"Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge."
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