“ Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. Norman Borlaug
“ Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. Norman Borlaug
“ When wheat is ripening properly, when the wind is blowing across the field, you can hear the beards of the wheat rubbing together. They sound like the pine needles in a forest. It is a sweet, whisperi… Norman Borlaug
“ 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. Norman Borlaug
“ Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. Norman Borlaug
“ We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life. For a decent and humane life, we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfo… Norman Borlaug
“ Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. Norman Borlaug
“ I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet,… Norman Borlaug
“ The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total world population, live in poverty, with hunger as a consta… 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. Norman Borlaug
“ Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Norman Borlaug
“ Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has b… Norman Borlaug
“ 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 t… Norman Borlaug
“ For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but… Norman Borlaug
