"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."
― John Charles Polanyi
Topic(s): Respect
― John Charles Polanyi
More From John Charles Polanyi
- "Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge."
- "Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey."
- "Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things."
More In Respect
- "Once you take care of people, people respect you."― George Weah
- "I’m a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people’s decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they’re aware, that they’re living a conscious lifestyle."― Abbie Cornish
- "Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images."― Lance Loud