The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

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

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

Ecological differentiation is the necessary condition for coexistence.

The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them.

There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person