I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUHowever fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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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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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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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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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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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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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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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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