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.
BOB BROWNI have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
More Bob Brown Quotes
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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 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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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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Renewable 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.
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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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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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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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Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.
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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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I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.
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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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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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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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For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
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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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