"Do not let your special talents in chemistry, your love for chemistry, keep you from developing your talents in other fields. Do not let yourself be a narrow specialist."

"I have spent a good deal of my life trying to get people to eat more vitamin C."

"Do you think that an American who insists on making up his own mind, who objects to being told what to do, to being pushed around by officious officials, is thereby made un-American? I do not. I think…"

"I believe that science and ethics are inextricably linked, and that we have a responsibility to use our knowledge wisely."

"I am convinced that we can abolish war, and that we must do so if we are to survive."