It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
To date, there has been no serious attempt in Western countries to use laws to control excessive population growth, although there exists… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
When you factor in population growth, it's clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow. Four… — Bill Ford Copy Share Image
“scares—SARS, Hong Kong and avian flus, and Japanese encephalitis—originated in Asia, he noted. “If you look at global trends, almost all of… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
The reason this system can’t be overthrown in this country,” Walter said, “is all about freedom. The reason the free market in… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I've made a commitment that state spending in Vermont won't grow any more than the rate of inflation plus population growth. — James Douglas Copy Share Image
Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
I do worry about population growth and the preservation of the green belt space but I don't think these are insurmountable problems. — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
“As the previous chapter showed, mobile communities of foragers have good reasons to limit population growth. But if they settle down, those… — David Christian Copy Share Image
As you improve health in a society, population growth goes down. You know, I thought it was... before I learned about it,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Through its prohibition on birth control, the Church has suggested that the only right way to have children is through biological reproduction:… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
I meet so many that think population growth is a major problem in regard to climate change. But the number of children… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as… — Pete Wilson Copy Share Image
“Unless we realize that the present market society, structured around the brutally competitive imperative of “grow or die,” is a thoroughly impersonal,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Unlike human laws (and the Malthusian approach), the natural laws of ecology do not discriminate on the basis of race, status or… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin. — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
It's obvious that China faces a range of demographic and economic difficulties stemming from its own population growth, and that the global… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“the rate of population growth observed from 1700 to 2012—0.8 percent per year—were to continue for the next three centuries, the world’s… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Governments have a legitimate concern with slowing population growth. But often this has been attempted with little concern for the individuals most… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
