Norman Borlaug Quotes
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Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.
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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.
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It's a free society. But don't tell the world that we can feed the present population without chemical fertilizer. That's when this misinformation becomes destructive.
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If people want to believe that the organic food has better nutritive value, it's up to them to make that foolish decision. But there's absolutely no research that shows that organic foods provide better nutrition.
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There can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort.
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Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.
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Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.
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If the world population continues to increase at the same rate, we will destroy the species.
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Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
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Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.
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Pricing water delivery closer to its real costs is a necessary step to improving use efficiency.