Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
Interpretation
This quote encourages collaboration in harnessing science for positive advancements rather than fearing its potential dangers.
John F. Kennedy's quote emphasizes the importance of a collective effort to utilize science for the betterment of humanity. Instead of being apprehensive about scientific progress and its implications, he advocates for a united approach to explore new frontiers, tackle global challenges, and promote creativity and economic growth through scientific advancement.
In practice
In a motivational speech to students about pursuing careers in STEM.
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.
I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children - not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women - not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.
No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.
To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad characterization, but to me every time we exercise self-criticism, every time we test our ideas against the outside world, we are doing science. When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition.
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