Quote by Garrett Hardin
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as

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

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Future
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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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Education
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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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environmental
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I think when someone is injured in your family, you want to speak to the individual and you want to hear their voice and you want to make sure they are OK. – Roger Goodell

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We are a very crafty family. – Tori Spelling

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Theres nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street. – Willie Stargell

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Im considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family – father, mother, children – is fundamental to our civilisation. – Rupert Murdoch

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I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. – John le Carre

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