Mike Johanns Quotes

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.

The world cries out for global rules that respect the achievements of science.

We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better.

If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.

As a scientist, you're not supposed to make decisions without the data.

Go with the science!.

Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science.

You must build public policies on reason, on facts.

It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.

In reality, Kyoto was a huge transfer of resources from the United States to the Third World, under the guise of environmental protection.

All policies should be guided by science, not just whose voice is the loudest.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don't believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be good for South Dakota's economy to do so, but it was started out as a very partisan bill in the committee.

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.

The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.

I think we need to price carbon; there's no question about it. The way we do it needs to be based on science and not political debates and attacks, and that's why I'm drawing on experts and best practices from around the world.

Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.

Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them.

A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed countries.

Also by my earliest days, I was fascinated by a utopian vision of what the world could be like. I've thought that science could be the basis for a better world, and that's what I've been trying to do all these years.

Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.

Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!

We all have an obligation to move beyond anecdotes.