The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAUThe sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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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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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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The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
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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 am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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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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If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed.
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When 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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