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Quotation from Diamond v. Chakrabarty by Supreme Court of the United States
“What is more important is that we are without competence to entertain these arguments—either to brush them aside as fantasies generated by fear of the unknown, or to act on them.”
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Burger), Part IV-B (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Chief Justice Burger declines to weigh warnings about the hazards of genetic research.
Citation: "What is more important is that we are without competence to entertain these arguments—either to brush them aside as fantasies generated by fear of the unknown, or to act on them." — Supreme Court of the United States, Diamond v. Chakrabarty, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Burger), Part IV-B (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id diamond-v-chakrabarty-q4)
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