"When I came into the job, funding for the humanities at the federal level was being drastically cut. This was the high tide of the new Republican Congress."

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I would rather enlighten the electorate so that when it's time for them to put somebody in Congress, it will be self-evident that they will embrace the message and tools and discovery of science in a way that can transform our culture and even our civilization.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson