Garrett Hardin Quotes.

1. "Freedom to breed will bring ruin to all."
- Quote by Garrett Hardin

2. "Natural selection favors the forces of psychological denial. The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers. 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."
- Quote by Garrett Hardin

3. "Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional."
- Quote by Garrett Hardin

4. "The mathematics of biological reproduction is logically identical with the mathematics of usury. Money earns interest, animals have babies. In"
- Garrett Hardin, Living within Limits: Ecology

5. "It is now widely believed (and, I think, correctly believed) that the survival of a nation under modern competitive conditions depends on broadening the electorate’s competency in numerate matters. Numeracy"
- Garrett Hardin, Living within Limits: Ecology

6. "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. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all."
- Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons

7. "Consider the problem, "How can I win the game of tick-tack-toe?" It is well known that I cannot, if I assume (in keeping with the conventions of game theory) that my opponent understands the game perfectly. Put another way, there is no "technical solution" to the problem. I can win only by giving a radical meaning to the word "win." I can hit my opponent over the head; or I can drug him; or I can falsify the records. Every way in which I "win" involves, in some sense, an abandonment of the game, as we intuitively understand it. (I can also, of course, openly abandon the game--refuse to play it. This is what most adults do.)"
- Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons

8. "Long experience has shown that local problems are best dealt with by local action… globalization favors evasion. The wise rule to follow should be plain: never globalize a problem if it can be possibly be dealt with locally… globalism is usually counterproductive."
- Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons