"Why is it so easy to save the……" — George Monbiot
"Why is it so easy to save the banks - but so hard to save the biosphere?"
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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 Banks Quotes
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one of 480 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for…
— Frank Abagnale
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Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to…
— Mary Kay Ash
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
— Lord Acton
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The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were…
— Vinoba Bhave
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Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney…
— Joe Biden
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And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't…
— Michael Bloomberg
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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call,…
— James Buchan
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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
— Sitting Bull
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional…
— Vince Cable
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Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich,…
— Herman Cain
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I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they…
— Herman Cain
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