Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.
BOB BROWNWilderness has become one of the world’s fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable.
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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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The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we share this planet with, let alone our own species, then who can?
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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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Wilderness has become one of the world’s fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable.
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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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Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet’s 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.
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I didn’t want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.
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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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Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to the wellbeing of humanity. We are made of it and fashioned by it…our psychological beings resonate with it.
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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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Our bodies and our minds are fashioned by it. Our hearts resonate with it. There will be little joy for the human spirit if we destroy the natural fabric of Earth with nothing left to do but go shopping.
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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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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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As a Green, my goal is to put a smile on the face of the coming generations.
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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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