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Them Quotes by Wangari Maathai
- Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu carried a staff…
- Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that…
- You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they…
- I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As the…
- The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change, rather than waiting…
- It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them…
- We think that diamonds are very important, gold is very important, all these minerals are very important. We call them precious minerals, but they are…
- African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are…
- Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
- When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land…
- Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land, but instill in them even more respect for it, because educated people…
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- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle