A Coldly Rationalist Individualist Can Deny That

Fundamentalists Are Panicked By The Apparent Disintegration Of The Family, The Disappearance Of Certainty And The Decay Of Morality. Fear Leads Them To Ask, If We Cannot Trust The Bible, What Can We Trust?

Never Globalize A Problem If It Can Possibly Be Dealt With Locally.

The Rational Herdsman Concludes That The Only Sensible Course For Him To Pursue Is To Add Another Animal To His Herd. And Another; And Another . . . But This Is The Conclusion Reached By Each And Every Rational Herdsman Sharing A Commons. Therein Is The Tragedy. Each Man Is Locked Into A System That Compels Him To Increase His Herd Without Limit — In A World That Is Limited. Ruin Is The Destination Toward Which All Men Rush, Each Pursuing His Own Best Interest In A Society That Believes In The Freedom Of The Commons. Freedom In A Commons Brings Ruin To All.

The Greatest Folly Is To Accept Expert Statements Uncritically. At The Very Least, We Should Always Seek Another Opinion.

No One Should Be Able To Enter A Wilderness By Mechanical Means.