Norman Borlaug Quotes & Sayings
20 most famous Norman Borlaug quotes and sayings (scientist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.”
“Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.”
“The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.”
“Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.”
“Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.”
“Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.”
“Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.”
“Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.”
“For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.”
“Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.”
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