Serge Lang

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.