Every plausible policy must be followed by the question 'And then what?'

- Garrett Hardin

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable

- Garrett Hardin

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.

- Garrett Hardin

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

- Garrett Hardin

You can never do merely one thing. The law applies to any action that changes something in a complex system. The point is that an action taken to all…

- Garrett Hardin

Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay heavily fo…

- Garrett Hardin

Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.

- Garrett Hardin

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.

- Garrett Hardin

You cannot do only one thing.

- Garrett Hardin