Government Discretion Quotes
He had and has since accepted awards and honors from professional organizations who honor their colleagues for their accomplishments. However, he objected to government granting honors in fields where a government was not competent, and worse, it harkened back to the nobility and titles of Europe before democracy. In his view, it is the people who should judge the government’s achievement and competence and not the other way around which he believes is fundamentally undemocratic. In America, although we hate titles, we have many honors bestowed on civilians by government. The Medal of Freedom for example and the Medals the government gives for nuclear and other science achievements.
