Environmental proverbs

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◆ The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.

- Elizabeth I Tudor99

◆ Our inability to think beyond our own species, or to be able to co-habit with other life forms in what is patently a massive collaborative quest for survival, is surely a malady that pervades the human soul.

- Lawrence Anthony99

◆ People need to be cautious because anything built by man can be destroyed by Mother Nature.

- Russel Honore98

◆ The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.

- Norm Dicks98

◆ Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

- Al Gore98

◆ We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

- Dennis Weaver98

◆ We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

- Christopher Dodd98

◆ Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy.

- Michael Burgess98

◆ It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

- Ansel Adams98

◆ If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

- Joseph Wood Krutch98

◆ It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

- David Suzuki98

◆ 'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water when they brushed their teeth. The truth of the matter is, conservation alone will do little to save our planet.

- Naveen Jain98

◆ I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

- Robert Redford98

◆ After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

- Maurice Strong98

◆ If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

- James Lovelock98