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#1

“We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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#2

“Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.”
― Gil Scott-Heron

tags: conservation, environment

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#3

“The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.”
― Rachel Carson

tags: conservation, science, war

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#4

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: bounty, conservation, earth, environment, greed, indulgence, inspirational, man, need

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#5

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
― Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest

tags: misattributed-to-gandhi

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#6

“This book was written using 100% recycled words.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

tags: conservation, environmentalism, humor

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#7

“Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.”
― George Carlin

tags: conservation, environment, song-lyrics

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#8

“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: conservation, environment, morals, nationalism, patriotism, politics, values

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#9

“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: conservation

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#10

“In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.”
― Jane Goodall

tags: caring, chimpanzees, chimps, conservation, consideration, great-apes, help, human-rights, kindness, nature, saved, science, treat, understanding

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#11

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”
― E.O. Wilson

tags: conservation, simile

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#12

“Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

tags: freedom, justice, revolution, slogan, truth

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#13

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

tags: books, reading, rights

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