"Only one rational path is open to us……" — John Holdren
"Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to approach a decent and ecologically sustainable standard of living for all in between. By de-development we mean lower per-capita energy consumption, fewer gadgets, and the abolition of planned obsolescence."
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21 Quotes by John Holdren
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The e-mails are mainly about a controversy over a particular data set and the ways a particular small group of…
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A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States...De-development…
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There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including…
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A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than…
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In today’s world, however, the number of children in a family is a matter of profound public concern. The law…
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The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and…
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The development of a long-term sterilizing capsule that could be implanted under the skin and removed when pregnancy is desired…
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Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes…
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Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most…
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If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be…
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A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States… [we] must design a stable, low-consumption economy.
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The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which…
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More Abolition Quotes
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
— Edward Abbey
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
— Maya Angelou
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Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There…
— Jonathan Schell
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
— Ronald Reagan
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
— Karl Marx
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
— George Washington
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The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave…
— Margaret E. Knight
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
— Henry George
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