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?
BOB BROWNRenewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that’s where our investment should be going as well.
More Bob Brown Quotes
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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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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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One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
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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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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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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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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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So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive.
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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.
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Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.
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I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God – by which I mean accepting all that I don’t know.
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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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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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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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I didn’t want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.
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