“I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.”

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I’d rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

It’s amazing how much data is out there. The question is how do we put it in a form that’s usable?

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .

I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.

I don’t ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

For all the progress, we recognize we’re very far from the finish line.

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us.

I believe fuel cells will finally end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. . . Fuel cells could be the predominant automotive power source in 25 years.

All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That’s true in America, that’s true in China, that’s true in Germany.

Nobody’s irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we’ve had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I’d like to see that diminish.

When you factor in population growth, it’s clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow.

I’m such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights.

The environmental crisis is a sign that the ecosphere is now so heavily strained that its continued stability is threatened. It is a warning that we must discover the source of this suicidal drive and master it before it destroys the environment-and ourselves.

I am passionate about exploring the confluence of environmental and human health. I believe that the goals of conservation must constantly revisit a stated purpose.

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.

Finally, since human beings are uniquely capable of producing materials not found in nature, environmental degradation may be due to the resultant intrusion into an ecosystem of a substance wholly foreign to it.

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.