Quote by 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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Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. – Garrett Hardin

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Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum. – Garrett Hardin

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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. – Garrett Hardin

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The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. – Saul Alinsky

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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. – Kemal Ataturk

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You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you. – Edward Burns

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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable. – Alan Greenspan

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