"My Prime Minister regards the economy as our……" — David Suzuki
"My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the same Greek word, oikos, meaning household or domain. Ecology is the study of home, while economics is its management. Ecologists try to define the conditions and principles that enable a species to survive and flourish. Yet in elevating the economy above those principles, we seem to think we are immune to the laws of nature. We have to put the ‘eco’ back into economics."
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153 Quotes by David Suzuki
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People.. especially people in positions of power.. have invested a tremendous amount of effort and time to get to where…
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We can no longer tolerate what's going on in Ottawa and Edmonton. What I would challenge you to do is…
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Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change…
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On December 7, 1941, an event took place that had nothing to do with me or my family and yet…
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We no longer see the world as a single entity. We've moved to cities and we think the economy is…
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More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.
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We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate…
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Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80…
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So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act…
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We all live downstream
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Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's…
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
— Annie Besant
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