"You would have thought that our first priority……" — David Suzuki
"You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology."
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153 Quotes by David Suzuki
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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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