The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
John Charles Polanyi[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.
John Charles PolanyiIf we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.
John Charles PolanyiScience exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
John Charles Polanyi