Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. (John Polanyi)

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

John Polanyi

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