Quote by Garrett Hardin
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obliga

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. – Garrett Hardin

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The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings. – Garrett Hardin

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Religion
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Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. – Garrett Hardin

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Freedom
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There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville

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Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. – Robert H. Schuller

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Future

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. – Albert Einstein

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Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. – Aneurin Bevan

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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made… Romans 1:20 – Bible

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Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. – Johann von Goethe

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. – Bryant H. McGill

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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