09/21/1966
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"This is not a task for science alone, but for us all, for every citizen in the land and for every scientist as well."
"I begrudge every economy and every necessity of today that limits our support of science--even momentarily."
"It is the story of countless individuals whose success and sacrifice converted an idea into a free nation."
"The heritage of liberty we enjoy was bought by men and women who dared the unknown, who tamed the wilderness, and gave their lives on fields of battle."