I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there’s hope for many other changes.
BOB BROWNI have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there’s hope for many other changes.
More Bob Brown Quotes
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There’s a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don’t.
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Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting in a more equitable distribution of the Earth’s largesse.
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The future will either be green or not at all.
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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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We are all born bonded to nature; that’s why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
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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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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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Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it.
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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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One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
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I didn’t want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.
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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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I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn’t talk about himself very much.
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Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.
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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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