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> [I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-began-working-with-the-john-muir-institute-and-then-started-helping/)

[David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/)

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## More by David R. Brower

> [Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/is-the-minor-convenience-of-allowing-the-present-generation-the/)

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> [While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/while-the-death-of-young-men-in-war-is-unfortunate-it-is-no-more/)

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> [Keep your rivers flowing as they will, and you will continue to know the most important of all freedoms-the boundless scope of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/keep-your-rivers-flowing-as-they-will-and-you-will-continue-to-know/)

[David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/)

> [We still need conservationists who will attempt the impossible, achieving it because they aren't aware how impossible it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/we-still-need-conservationists-who-will-attempt-the-impossible/)

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> [I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/i-don-t-think-we-have-very-good-records-about-what-they-were-thinking/)

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> [A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/a-great-deal-of-pressure-was-then-built-up-to-remove-me-from-the-club/)

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> [For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/for-how-many-people-do-you-think-might-yet-stand-on-this-planet/)

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> [All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/all-i-know-about-thermal-pollution-is-that-if-we-continue-our-present/)

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> [It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch as it is not yet scientifically feasible. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/it-s-very-hard-for-me-to-know-what-to-say-about-fusion-right-now/)

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> [Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/once-we-open-the-door-to-the-plutonium-economy-we-expose-ourselves-to/)

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> [You don't need it, but will you take some advice from a Californian who's been around for a while? Cherish these rivers. Witness for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/you-don-t-need-it-but-will-you-take-some-advice-from-a-californian/)

[David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/)

> [There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/there-is-no-place-where-we-can-safely-store-worn-out-reactors-or/)

[David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/)

> [Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/politicians-are-like-weather-vanes-our-job-is-to-make-the-wind-blow/)

[David R. Brower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-brower/)

> [True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one; you have to seek it out not seated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/true-wilderness-is-where-you-keep-it-and-real-wilderness-experience/)

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> [The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society, which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-brower/the-goal-now-is-a-socialist-redistributionist-society-which-is-nature/)

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