The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.