Robert Zubrin quotes

No one can prevent hurricanes, but prosperous communities are much better able to withstand them than poor ones. (Robert Zubrin)
Prosperous communities are much better able to survive hurricanes or other natural disasters because they have greater resources, both public and private, to fall back upon. View quote
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The goods of the world market are available for Cuba to purchase, but all the foreign exchange is monopolized by the regime, which uses it for its own power and pleasure. View quote
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The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it. View quote
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The problem with Russia is not that it has laws restricting promotion of the gay lifestyle. The problem with Russia is that it has no laws that effectively constrain the strong or protect the weak. View quote
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The space program needs a goal, and the goal should be humans to Mars. View quote
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What the world needs most for its stability, and what the U.S. needs for its national security, is economic growth, which is driven first and foremost by expanded carbon use. View quote
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Nothing could be more regressive than carbon taxes. View quote
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Nothing could do more to help the world's poor than to make fossil fuels cheap and plentiful. View quote
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Science is not a collection of facts; it is a process of discovery. View quote
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Before agriculture was invented, land was not a resource. Before oil drilling and nuclear fission were invented, petroleum and uranium were not resources. (Robert Zubrin)
Ideas have consequences. View quote
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The American people want and deserve a space program truly worthy of a nation of pioneers. View quote
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Energy powers our economy, both literally and figuratively. View quote
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The U.S. federal government may be going broke, but it's not because of NASA. View quote
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What Russia really needs is not gay rights but human rights, and the rule of law. View quote
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We have never been in danger of running out of resources, but we have encountered considerable dangers from people who say we are running out of resources and who say that human activities need to be constrained. View quote
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The use of hunger as a weapon of political control is a crime against humanity. View quote
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Human population supplies the labor necessary for the creation of wealth; carbon supplies the matter and energy. View quote
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Through our CO2 emissions, we are making the earth a more fertile world. View quote
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The federal government was created to defend the United States, not to wage war upon it. (Robert Zubrin)
The No. 1 purpose of the federal government is national defense. View quote
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Robert Zubrin

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Photo: The Mars Society, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Scientist
Born: April 9, 1952
Quotes count: 22

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