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...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human
dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency
cannot survive it. As you put more and more people
into the world, the value of life not only declines,
it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies.
The more people there are, the less one individual
matters.
-- Isaac Asimov
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"Which
is the greater danger - nuclear warfare or the population
explosion? The latter absolutely! To bring about nuclear
war, someone has to DO something; someone has to press
a button. To bring about destruction by overcrowding,
mass starvation, anarchy, the destruction of our most
cherished values-there is no need to do anything. We
need only do nothing except what comes naturally - and
breed. And how easy it is to do nothing."
-- Isaac Asimov
Instead
of controlling the environment for the benefit of the
population, maybe we should control the population to
ensure the survival of our environment.
-- Sir David Attenborough
"Can
you think of any problem in any area of human endeavor
on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-term
solution is in any demonstrable way aided, assisted,
or advanced by further increases in population, locally,
nationally, or globally?"
-- Dr. Albert A. Bartlett, Emeritus Professor of Physics,
University of Colorado; World Population Balance Board
of Advisors
"'Smart
growth' destroys the environment. 'Dumb growth' destroys
the environment. The only difference is that 'smart
growth' does it with good taste. It's like booking passage
on the Titanic. Whether you go first-class or steerage,
the result is the same."
--Dr. Albert A. Bartlett, Emeritus Professor of Physics,
University of Colorado; World Population Balance Board
of Advisors
"The
point of population stabilization is to reduce or minimize
misery."
--Roger Bengston, founding board member, World Population
Balance
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We must alert and organise the world's people
to pressure world leaders to take specific steps
to solve the two root causes of our environmental
crises - exploding population growth and wasteful
consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption
and overpopulation underlie every environmental
problem we face today.
-- Jacques-Yves
Cousteau
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