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Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are…

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We all share one planet and are one hummanity, there is no escaping this reality.
It gradually became clear that the Green Belt Movement's work with communities to repair the degraded environment could not be done effectively…
The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation,…
We have a responsibility to protect the rights of generations, of all species, that cannot speak for themselves today. The global challenge…
People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was…
You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it…
As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will…
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to…
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what…
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the…
Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu…
Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept…

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I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice. — Tony Campolo
'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of… — Lewis Carroll
The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater… — George C. Marshall
Is it absurd to imagine that our social behavior, from amoeba to man, is also planned and dictated, from stored Information, by… — Albert Claude
The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree,… — E. O. Wilson
The country is now universally recognised as a nation on the move and takes its place amongst the successful economies in the… — Ratan Tata
I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... The time… — Friedrich Nietzsche
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. ... The time has come to consider how… — Jacob Bronowski
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's… — Richard Dawkins
All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But… — Dalai Lama
The time has come to develop integrated global policies. — Mikhail Gorbachev
The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization. — Mikhail Gorbachev

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