Catastrophe Quote by Tony Blair

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between…

— Bruce Babbitt

Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is only delaying disaster. We cannot passively protect our environment by simply stopping…

— Zhou Shengxian

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty. But you can't reduce…

— Wangari Maathai

If our system continues without modification involving environmental and social concern, we will face an economic and social break down.

— Jacque Fresco

We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment.

— Jose Angel Gurria

It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over…

— Wangari Maathai

In the same way that banks succeeded at privatizing the profits and socializing the losses as they led the global economy to the brink…

— Felix Dodds

All nations are degrading and consuming their environment to a point beyond capacity. In the past 15 years in the U.S. we have added…

— Gaylord Nelson

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to…

— Wangari Maathai

No sustainable development, environmental harmony or lasting security will happen if we are unable to eradicate hunger and extreme inequality

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life.

— Rene Dubos

The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the…

— Wangari Maathai