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The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with…
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As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes from some…
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All nations are degrading and consuming their environment to a point beyond capacity. In the past 15 years in the U.S. we…
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The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks…
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The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind.
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There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower…
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The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's…
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Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency,…
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There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural…
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Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a…
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We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the…
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All economic activity is dependent upon that environment and its underlying resource base of forests, water, air, soil, and minerals. When the…
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Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our…
— Harry Browne
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I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities…
— Dick Cheney
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Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that…
— Wernher von Braun
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We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our…
— Barack Obama
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We have to prepare our cities for the increasing scarcity of resources by increasing their density and energy efficiency.
— Mathis Wackernagel
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Hundreds, thousands, aye, millions of human beings, men, women and children, wander the streets of our cities and the highways of our…
— Victoria Woodhull
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Can you think of anything that can get better if we crowd more people into our cities, our towns, into our state…
— Albert Allen Bartlett
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So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act as if…
— David Suzuki
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We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities,…
— John Francis Hylan
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Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by…
— Tim Robbins
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There's a mindset in other countries that if you're an American, you're a Christian. Well, those people are sadly misled; they don't…
— Tim Conway
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