“Research is society’s investment in its future.”

— Ari Ne'eman

Just Asking: Ari Ne’eman, co-founder of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Context: If research is society’s investment in its future, our society does not prioritize the future of autistic people.

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American autism rights advocate 1987

Kirk R. Smith (1947–2020) American climatologist

Source: https://clusterbcs.com/en/in-memoriam-kirk-r-smith-1947-2020-2/

“Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.”

Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930) American physicist

"Will Innovation Flourish in the Future?," 2002

“With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research!”

Louise Burfitt-Dons (1953) Activist, writer, blogger

Video message sent to Joe Biden in response to his suggestions for green jobs (2009)

“Third, we must invest in our youth and in our future.”

Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician

2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero

“Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library. … An investment in libraries is an investment in our children's future.”

Laura Bush (1946) First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009

As quoted in Biography Today : Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers, Vol. 12, Issue 2 : Laura Bush by Joanne Mattern (2003), p. 34

“We have to be grown-ups, I think [when discussing the payment of funds today to prevent climate harm which may be decades in the future]. There are lots of things we do where the investments come way, way in the future. Educating 4-year-olds... that's an investment that goes way into the future as well.”

William D. Nordhaus (1941) American economist

"Economist Says Best Climate Fix A Tough Sell, But Worth It." http://www.npr.org/2014/02/11/271537401/economist-says-best-climate-fix-a-tough-sell-but-worth-it National Public Radio. February 11, 2014.

“Education to the extent that it raises an individual's future earnings, increases her future tax payments; in the absence of any subsidy, an individual's investment in education confers a 'dividend' on future taxpayers.”

Nicholas Barr (1943) British economist

Source: Economics Of The Welfare State (Fourth Edition), Chapter 13, School Education, p. 297-298

“To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social. Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone.”

Emma Goldman book My Disillusionment in Russia

My Disillusionment in Russia (1923)

“To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.”

Akio Morita (1921–1999) Japanese businessman

Source: Made in Japan (1986), p. 157.

“Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world’s peoples.”

Aga Khan IV (1936) 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism

In a speech on Democratic Development, Pluralism and Civil Society delivered at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway (7 April 2005). http://www.akdn.org/speech/nobel-institute-oslo

“Research is society’s investment in its future.”

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