No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. – Jacob Bronowski
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. – Jacob Bronowski
Every animal leaves traces of what it was man alone leaves traces of what he created. – Jacob Bronowski
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. – Jacob Bronowski
American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule. – Michael Mandelbaum