Garrett Hardin
Environmentalist
1915-04-21
Quotes by Garrett Hardin
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The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers.
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The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers.
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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
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Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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