No thinking citizen can fail to recognize the swift rise of science in the last decade to a point where it exerts an enormous influence in the structure of world power and peace.
Harry Truman: “No thinking citizen can fail to recognize the swift rise of science in the last decade to a point where it exerts an…”
On the recordJanuary 14, 1952
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the First Annual Report of the National Science Foundation.
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