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Environmental Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
- Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.
- I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.
- Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
- We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.
- Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.
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