Quotes About Cooperation

As Hobbes saw clearly, people don't have to be evil to get into collective action problems. They just have to be human.

The idea that people could get along fine with just markets, and no government, turned out to rest upon a version of what economists call the "compositional fallacy.

When altruistic behavior benefits individuals belonging to another species, it is impossible for the gene to be benefiting some other copy of itself.

The Hobbesian state of nature is really just a state of total market failure. Out of this state of nature, we have been able to build up a set of institutions that promote co-operation and therefore improve efficiency. Markets are one institution of this type. But they are extremely limited in their range, since property rights apply only to a tiny fraction of the ingredients we require for successful living.

One night, in the warehouse of a grocery chain, I saw some egg-stealing rats at work. They worked in pairs. A small rat would straddle an egg and clutch it in his four paws. When he got a good grip on it, he'd roll over on his back. Then a bigger rat would grab him by the tail and drag him across the floor to a hole in the baseboard, a hole leading to a burrow.

If the UN is to become the instrument for peace now is the time to strengthen it.

The United Nations had to be the cornerstone of our foreign policy.

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.

When you can get others to admire your ideals and to want what you want, you do not have to spend as much on sticks and carrots to move them in your direction. Seduction is always more effective than coercion, and many values like democracy, human rights, and individual opportunities are deeply seductive.

If every cat tried to kill their Clanmates after they had been dumped, there would be no Clans left. - Rootspring

No more fighting over territory and prey.

If every cat tried to kill their Clanmates after they had been dumped, there would be no Clans left.

We come in peace

And a Pack divided

I had to drown to make the Clans help one another." The kit's eyes shone excitedly. "You threw yourself in on purpose?" Violetshine pricked her ears. "Do you have bees in your brain?

As I was saying, there's no point in both of us getting stuck in there.

Maybe not," Firestar replied. "But if the Twolegs have invaded their territory, they might be prepared to talk if it meant we could help one another." "And hedgehogs might fly," Cloudtail grunted.

Wake the others, please, Sandstorm," Fireheart meowed.

I wish to create a new rule for the warrior code: that each Clan has the right to be proud and independent, but in times of trouble they must forget their boundaries and fight side by side to protect the four. Each Clan must help the others so that no Clan will fall.

Maybe now she won't be so angry. And maybe in future the Clans can finally learn to get along in peace.

Our age will be known as the age of committees.

That there was nothing so wrong in the world that we couldn't sort it out by the end of a single half-hour episode (or maybe a two-parter, if it was something really serious).

If we don't end war, war will end us. —H. G. Wells

To win the videogame of life you just have to try to make the experience of being forced to play it as pleasant as possible, for yourself, and for all of the other players you encounter in your travels. Kira says that if everyone played the game to win, it'd be a lot more fun for everyone. —Anorak's Almanac, chapter 77, verses 11–20