Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run Quotes

“Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.”
― David Brower, Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth

“Life can begin at eighty, but you don't need to wait that long.”
― David Brower, Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth

“Thoreau asked long ago, "What's the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" We”
― David Brower, Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth

“Justice William 0. Douglas once told President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Any government bureau more than ten years old should be abolished, because after that it becomes more concerned with its image than with its mission.”
― David Brower, Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth

“I don't think we were built to be safe," he said. "I think we were built to try things.”
― David Brower, Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth