I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.
BOB BROWNFor comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
More Bob Brown Quotes
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Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.
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Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.
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We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.
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The government’s living in its own cloud cuckoo land and it’s a cloud of greenhouse gases.
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As a Green, my goal is to put a smile on the face of the coming generations.
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In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world.
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When we imagine the world a century from now, when we look our great grandchildren in the eye and see them smiling back at us because they know we cared for them, we smile too!
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For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
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For breakfast larger cups are used, and they’re more than half filled with cream. This cafe con leite doesn’t re-quire so much sugar as cafe preto-black coffee.
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Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world’s future.
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We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has moved beyond the basics of literacy and numeracy and which wants to develop a learning culture.
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One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
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The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange .
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We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million – that’s a huge amount for a state election campaign in Tasmania.
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I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.
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