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George Monbiot Quotes

The institutions founded ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war’ have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million people have been killed in armed conflict. Most of them were civilians Picture Quote #1

No political challenge can be met by shopping Picture Quote #1

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life Picture Quote #1

Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope Picture Quote #1

August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad Picture Quote #1

Nobody ever rioted for austerity Picture Quote #1

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In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair Picture Quote #1

We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will Picture Quote #1

All the money, all the prestige in the world will never make up for the loss of your freedom Picture Quote #1

Those who consume far more resources than they require destroy the life chances of those whose survival depends upon consuming more Picture Quote #1

The corporations are powerful only because we have allowed them to be. In theory, it is we, not they, who mandate the state. But we have neglected our duty of citizenship, and they have taken advantage of our neglect to seize the reins of government Picture Quote #1

The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights, filling the kettle, taking the children to school, driving to the shops, we are condemning other people to death. We never chose to do this. We do not see ourselves as killers. We perform these acts without passion or intent Picture Quote #1

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Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on an infinite planet, but there’s this small, niggling, inconvenient fact that the planet is, in fact, finite, and that, unlike economic theory, it is governed by physical and biological reality Picture Quote #1

It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for less. Strangest of all, it is a campaign not just against other people, but against ourselves Picture Quote #1

... every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned Picture Quote #1

Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate big government Picture Quote #1

Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the country’s most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management Picture Quote #1

Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware Picture Quote #1

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The institutions founded ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war’ have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million people have been killed in armed conflict. Most of them were civilians (George Monbiot Quotes) No political challenge can be met by shopping (George Monbiot Quotes) Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life (George Monbiot Quotes) Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope (George Monbiot Quotes) August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad (George Monbiot Quotes) Nobody ever rioted for austerity (George Monbiot Quotes) In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair (George Monbiot Quotes) We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will (George Monbiot Quotes) All the money, all the prestige in the world will never make up for the loss of your freedom (George Monbiot Quotes) Those who consume far more resources than they require destroy the life chances of those whose survival depends upon consuming more (George Monbiot Quotes) The corporations are powerful only because we have allowed them to be. In theory, it is we, not they, who mandate the state. But we have neglected our duty of citizenship, and they have taken advantage of our neglect to seize the reins of government (George Monbiot Quotes) The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights, filling the kettle, taking the children to school, driving to the shops, we are condemning other people to death. We never chose to do this. We do not see ourselves as killers. We perform these acts without passion or intent (George Monbiot Quotes) Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on an infinite planet, but there’s this small, niggling, inconvenient fact that the planet is, in fact, finite, and that, unlike economic theory, it is governed by physical and biological reality (George Monbiot Quotes) It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for less. Strangest of all, it is a campaign not just against other people, but against ourselves (George Monbiot Quotes) ... every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned (George Monbiot Quotes) Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate big government (George Monbiot Quotes) Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the country’s most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management (George Monbiot Quotes) Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware (George Monbiot Quotes)