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> [In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/in-an-approximate-way-the-logic-of-commons-has-been-understood-for-a/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

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> [Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/freedom-in-a-commons-brings-ruin-to-all/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

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## More by Garrett Hardin

> [Ecological differentiation is the necessary condition for coexistence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/ecological-differentiation-is-the-necessary-condition-for-coexistence/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/fundamentalists-are-panicked-by-the-apparent-disintegration-of-the/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/indeed-our-particular-concept-of-private-property-which-deters-us/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [“Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/individualism-is-cherished-because-it-produces-freedom-but-the-gift/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/but-it-is-no-good-using-the-tongs-of-reason-to-pull-the/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/to-say-that-we-mutually-agree-to-coercion-is-not-to-say-that-we-are/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/the-god-who-is-reputed-to-have-created-fleas-to-keep-dogs-from-moping/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [It takes five years for a willing person's mind to change. Have patience with yourself and others when treading in an area protected by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/it-takes-five-years-for-a-willing-person-s-mind-to-change-have/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/economists-and-others-who-are-satisfied-with-nature-free-equations/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/no-one-should-be-able-to-enter-a-wilderness-by-mechanical-means/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/the-morality-of-an-act-is-a-function-of-the-state-of-the-system-at/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [Value is a relative concept: the value of each action is determined by comparing it with other possible actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/value-is-a-relative-concept-the-value-of-each-action-is-determined-by/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/the-optimum-population-is-then-less-than-the-maximum/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [(Technology reliability) x (Human reliability) = (System reliability)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/technology-reliability-x-human-reliability-system-reliability/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

> [Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be reach. 2.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hardin/numeracy-1-the-art-of-putting-numbers-to-things-that-is-assigning/)

[Garrett Hardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hardin/)

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