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 .
BOB BROWNThere’s a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don’t.
More Bob Brown Quotes
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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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The overarching factor to me is if we can’t be kind to each other, we won’t be kind to the planet.
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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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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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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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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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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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The future will either be green or not at all.
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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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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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As a Green, my goal is to put a smile on the face of the coming generations.
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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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I didn’t want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.
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One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
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I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
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