It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.
Garrett HardinThe social arrangements that produce responsibility are arrangements that create coercion, of some sort.
Garrett HardinYou 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 alleviate a problem will trigger several effects, some of which may offset or even negate the one intended.
Garrett Hardin