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> [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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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