Political Quotes

“in walking over here just a few moments ago, I ran into my counterpart from the Australian Senate, and we were commenting--or he was commenting--he said: You had a productive day yesterday. And I said: Indeed, we had a very productive day, not only yesterday but over the course of this week. On Monday and Tuesday, we had a very important debate, a powerful debate on stem cell research, a debate which is uncomfortable to a lot of people because it addresses so strongly that nexus between ethics and morality and religion and faith with science, advancing science, which is moving at breathtaking speed, thank goodness. As a scientist, I see great hope in those dreams which one day can become realities for cures and for treatments that come from the field of science. The issues are tough, though, but very important for us to have in this body, representing the 280 million people around the country, because science will continue to advance and we do have the opportunities to understand the molecular and cellular basis of disease in a way that will improve the lives of everybody listening to me right now. So it is a very important debate. We will increasingly have those sorts of issues come before this body.…”