The publicly and privately supported colleges, universities, and research institutes are the centers of basic research. They are the wellsprings of knowledge and understanding. As long as they are vigorous and healthy and their 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 in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.

Science, by itself, provides no panacea for individual, social, and economic ills. It can be effective in the national welfare only as a member of a team, whet…

Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their cu…

Advances in science when put to practical use mean more jobs, higher wages, shorter hours, more abundant crops, more leisure for recreation, for study, for lea…

We cannot have tomorrow's miracles if we tie scientists' hands with yesterday's rules.

You have to be creative to do science. Otherwise you're just repeating tired formulas

The responsibility for the creation of new scientific knowledge - and for most of its application - rests on that small body of men and women who understand th…