Quote by Garrett Hardin
Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing h

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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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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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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I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom… Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical. – Jim Morrison

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Freedom

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. – Elbert Hubbard

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Freedom

If one more journalist makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech. – Marilyn Manson

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Freedom

It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears from every country over which England is enabled to obtain control. – Henry Charles Carey

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Freedom

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Do not grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. – Rumi

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I hugged safety close to my chest and kissed risk full on the lips. – Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com

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