"Science is fundamentally a moral enterprise, following the moral imperative to seek the truth."

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Source : George Lakoff (2006). “Whose Freedom?: The Battle over America's Most Important Idea”, p.56, Macmillan

George Lakoff

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“I saw it his eyes. I felt it when he touched me.”
“You cannot keep doing the same things. According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role.”
“A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing, banking, investment, publishing, higher education, philanthropy, and media... these individuals exercise a preponderant influence over what is passed off as public information and democratic discourse.”
“The monogram of our national initials, which is the symbol for our monetary unit, the dollar, is almost as frequently conjoined to the figures of an engineer's calculations as are the symbols indicating feet, minutes, pounds, or gallons. ... This statement, while true in regard to the work of all engineers, applies particularly to that of the mechanical engineer...”
“Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.”
“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
“At my age, I dont even buy green bananas.”
“I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.”

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