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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming. – 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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Garrett Hardin
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Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust? – Garrett Hardin

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Family
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Garrett Hardin
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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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Other Quotes from
environmental
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All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive – it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger. – Lynn Margulis

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environmental

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to Chinas continued development. Thats according to me, but it is not some wacko view. – James Fallows

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environmental

The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it. – Barry Commoner

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environmental

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earths best interests and our citizens pressing needs. – Jim Clyburn

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environmental

Random Quotes

We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Unity

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. – Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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Business

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing. – David Brin

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Education

My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Attitude