Quote by Garrett Hardin
Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. - Garrett Hardin

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. – Garrett Hardin

Other quotes by Garrett Hardin

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. – Garrett Hardin

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Family
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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. – Garrett Hardin

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environmental
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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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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. – Thomas Jefferson

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Freedom

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. – Olof Palme

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Freedom

Freedom – an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day. – John Ralston Saul

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Freedom

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Freedom

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