"Well, perhaps the greatest achievement, and we didn't……" — Pete McCloskey
"Well, perhaps the greatest achievement, and we didn't know it at the time, was we held an Earth Day in 1970, and out of that Earth Day a lot of students got involved in saving the environment, or trying to."
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7 Quotes by Pete McCloskey
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The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force,…
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We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the…
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In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty.…
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The Republican Party is not in the hands of the Jewish lobby in America as the Democratic Party must look…
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Congressmen are like diapers - You need to change them often, and for the same reason
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My wife and I have spent half our lives, half our adult lives, trying to save special parts of California.
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
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