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Garrett Hardin quotes

American Ecologist April 21, 1915 – September 14, 2003

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Garrett Hardin quote: "A finite world can support only a finite population;..."
A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any..."
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all."
Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. Garrett Hardin
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
Garrett Hardin quote: "Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves..."
Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that..."
To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "The social arrangements that produce responsibility are..."
The social arrangements that produce responsibility are arrangements that create coercion, of some sort. Garrett Hardin
The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion."
An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion. Garrett Hardin
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means."
No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "Incommensurables cannot be compared."
Incommensurables cannot be compared. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "You cannot do only one thing."
You cannot do only one thing. Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin quote: "The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum."
The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum. Garrett Hardin

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