Author: Norman Borlaug

Quotes

Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.

Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.

- Norman Borlaug

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

- Norman Borlaug

Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.

Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.

- Norman Borlaug

Africa needs roads. Roads bring know-how and fertilizer to farmers and ideas and business for commerce.

Africa needs roads. Roads bring know-how and fertilizer to farmers and ideas and business for commerce.

- Norman Borlaug

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

- Norman Borlaug

We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines.

We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines.

- Norman Borlaug

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.

- Norman Borlaug

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.

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.

- Norman Borlaug

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