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David R Brower Quotes

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one Picture Quote #1

There is no business on a dead planet Picture Quote #1

We cannot go on fiddling while the earth’s wild places burn Picture Quote #1

Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow Picture Quote #1

There is more inside you than you dare think Picture Quote #1

There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river Picture Quote #1

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Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever Picture Quote #1

All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent Picture Quote #1

The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we Picture Quote #1

Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself Picture Quote #1

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom Picture Quote #1

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That’s the responsibility we hold in our hands Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our political system Picture Quote #1

I will say this, though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I’m worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor Picture Quote #1

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people Picture Quote #1

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place Picture Quote #1

They simply don’t know that much about what they’re doing. There isn’t enough control. There isn’t enough capability in ordinary people to tinker with such a complicated piece of machinery Picture Quote #1

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon? Picture Quote #1

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Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you’re probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn’t quite make it out of the earth’s gravitational field Picture Quote #1

What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent Picture Quote #1

Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this Picture Quote #1

You don’t have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy Picture Quote #1

Let man heal the hurt places and revere whatever is still miraculously pristine Picture Quote #1

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That’s what made it work in the first place Picture Quote #1

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I’m always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it’s impossible Picture Quote #1

We’ve pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock Picture Quote #1

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open Picture Quote #1

We are at the edge of an abyss and we’re close to being irrevocably lost Picture Quote #1

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it Picture Quote #1

Perhaps we’ll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million Picture Quote #1

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A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one (David R Brower Quotes) There is no business on a dead planet (David R Brower Quotes) We cannot go on fiddling while the earth’s wild places burn (David R Brower Quotes) Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow (David R Brower Quotes) There is more inside you than you dare think (David R Brower Quotes) There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river (David R Brower Quotes) Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever (David R Brower Quotes) All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent (David R Brower Quotes) The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we (David R Brower Quotes) Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself (David R Brower Quotes) Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom (David R Brower Quotes) For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That’s the responsibility we hold in our hands (David R Brower Quotes) I don’t think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our political system (David R Brower Quotes) I will say this, though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I’m worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor (David R Brower Quotes) Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people (David R Brower Quotes) The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place (David R Brower Quotes) They simply don’t know that much about what they’re doing. There isn’t enough control. There isn’t enough capability in ordinary people to tinker with such a complicated piece of machinery (David R Brower Quotes) What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon? (David R Brower Quotes) Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you’re probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn’t quite make it out of the earth’s gravitational field (David R Brower Quotes) What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent (David R Brower Quotes) Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this (David R Brower Quotes) You don’t have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy (David R Brower Quotes) Let man heal the hurt places and revere whatever is still miraculously pristine (David R Brower Quotes) Bring diversity back to agriculture. That’s what made it work in the first place (David R Brower Quotes) I’m always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it’s impossible (David R Brower Quotes) We’ve pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock (David R Brower Quotes) We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open (David R Brower Quotes) We are at the edge of an abyss and we’re close to being irrevocably lost (David R Brower Quotes) It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it (David R Brower Quotes) Perhaps we’ll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million (David R Brower Quotes)

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