Form Quotes by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

It is a woman's business to be interested in the environment. It's an extended form of housekeeping.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

There must be progress, certainly. But we must ask ourselves what kind of progress we want, and what price we want to pay for…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

“Don’t think it is enough to attend meetings and sit there like a lump…. It is better to address envelopes than to attend foolish…

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas