"In motivating people to love and defend the……" — George Monbiot
"In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair"
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30 Quotes by George Monbiot
George Monbiot has 30 quotes on this site.
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There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon…
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...every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his…
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Is the divine presence a Republican? Or is He/She/It running an inter-galactic fossil fuel conglomerate?...whatever the explanation may be, the…
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Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning…
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It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for…
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When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs…
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The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some…
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Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and…
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Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse?
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If global warming is not contained, the West will face a choice of a refugee crisis of unimaginable proportions, or…
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The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on…
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The schedules are crammed with shows urging us to travel further, drive faster, build bigger, buy more, yet none of…
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More Defend Quotes
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one of 1,167 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going…
— Alexis Arguello
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We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization,…
— Julian Assange
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
— Edward Abbey
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No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and…
— Brigitte Bardot
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Patriarchy is a bully notion, which if you will notice never attacks a nation that can defend itself. Zionism is…
— Roseanne Barr
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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.
— Frederic Bastiat
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
— Samuel Adams
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to…
— Samuel Adams
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You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
— Diane Abbott
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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and…
— John Boehner
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