--- title: "4 Soil Quotes By Wangari Maathai" description: "4 Soil quotes by Wangari Maathai. Plus more from Wangari Maathai and more Soil sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/wangari-maathai-2479_bad_but-when-you-have-bad-governance-of-cour_1480591.jpg" --- > [But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/but-when-you-have-bad-governance-of-course-these-resources-are/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/wangari-maathai-2479_bad_but-when-you-have-bad-governance-of-cour_1480591.jpg) > [One of the reasons why we started the Green Belt Movement is to work with these ordinary peasant farmers so as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/one-of-the-reasons-why-we-started-the-green-belt-movement-is-to-work/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/wangari-maathai-2479_belts_one-of-the-reasons-why-we-started-the-gr_2576756.jpg) > [We think that diamonds are very important, gold is very important, all these minerals are very important. We call them precious minerals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/we-think-that-diamonds-are-very-important-gold-is-very-important-all/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/wangari-maathai-2479_diamond_we-think-that-diamonds-are-very-importan_2608635.jpg) > [In Kenya, one of our biggest exports is coffee. Where do you grow coffee? You grow coffee in the land. To be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/in-kenya-one-of-our-biggest-exports-is-coffee-where-do-you-grow/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/wangari-maathai-2479_able_in-kenya-one-of-our-biggest-exports-is-c_2893972.jpg) ## Other authors on Soil ## More by Wangari Maathai > [For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/for-us-who-are-now-in-power-we-need-to-be-challenged-to-serve-the/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/we-cannot-tire-or-give-up-we-owe-it-to-the-present-and-future/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/what-i-am-trying-to-say-is-that-they-need-to-learn-to-rely-on/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/as-long-as-there-is-no-trust-and-confidence-that-there-will-be/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/if-africa-is-left-behind-she-is-going-to-continue-pumping-greenhouse/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/that-s-the-way-i-do-things-when-i-want-to-celebrate-i-always-plant-a/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-think-that-for-anybody-who-has-worked-in-the-civil-society/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-have-seen-a-lot-of-men-for-example-who-will-make-a-will-and-include/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-was-particularly-talking-with-respect-to-aid-because-that-to-me-is/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/african-women-in-general-need-to-know-that-it-s-ok-for-them-to-be-the/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [As a scientist I cannot say we don't want to hear anything about GMOs, because these are advances in science. But I think its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/as-a-scientist-i-cannot-say-we-don-t-want-to-hear-anything-about-gmos/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/when-i-first-started-it-was-really-an-innocent-response-to-the-needs/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [Monsanto will not come empty-handed. Monsanto will come with a big bag of money. And because these governments are poor, when they are shown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/monsanto-will-not-come-empty-handed-monsanto-will-come-with-a-big-bag/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/why-has-there-been-so-much-secrecy-about-aids-when-you-ask-where-did/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-stand-before-you-and-the-world-humbled-by-this-recognition-and/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soil/wangari-maathai/#itemlist", "name": "4 Soil Quotes By Wangari Maathai", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. 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