"It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience."

Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist

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"It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience."

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"Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?"

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