Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUWhen one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
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We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
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From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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