Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to address an alarming trend that I see in our national discourse. As legislators, our decisions need to be rooted in facts. Science driven by data and rigorous analysis needs to inform our policymaking. Scientists are the ones who made the United States the world's innovator in the last century. Scientists are the people who gave us antibiotics, for example. Do you like being able to use antibiotics? Well, then, thank scientists. Scientists put a man on the Moon--several men, actually--and got him back safely. These are rocket scientists. Scientists made it possible for Americans to watch this speech on C- SPAN--that is C-SPAN, the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network--also rocket scientists. Scientists also came up with such useful things as the Internet. A scientist from the University of Minnesota, a Noble Price-winning agronomist named Norman Borlaug, is credited with saving over 1 billion lives worldwide. He did this by using science to develop a high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that was planted in Pakistan, India, and elsewhere around the world. By engineering our next-generation weapons systems, scientists ensure that our military will continue to be the most powerful in the world. We rely on science and scientists, and if we are to progress as a country, if we and future generations of Americans are to be healthy and prosperous and safe, we better put science right at the center of our decisionmaking.…”