Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

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Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

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In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons.

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Scientists and scholars should constitute themselves as an international NGO of exceptional authority.

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If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

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The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

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It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience.

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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

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The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them.

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Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

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