Maurice Strong Quotes

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• The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and…
• So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.
• Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?
• It is the responsibility of each human being today to choose between the force of darkness and the force of light. We must therefore transform…
• Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning, and suburban housing -…
• Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally
• We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have…
• Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule of law and…
• What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude the principal risk to the earth comes from the actions of the rich…
• We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.
• The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global…
• I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its…
• One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own…
• Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.
• Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption…
• The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.
• Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.
• A citizen of an advanced industrialized nation consumes in six months the energy and raw materials that have to last the citizen of a developing…
• We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.
• I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.

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