Garrett Hardin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.”

“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.”

“However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.”

“But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.”

“You cannot do only one thing.”

“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.”

“In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.”

“The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.”

“An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.”