Zhou Shengxian Quotes

Every time we try to do something to improve the environment someone predicts that it will ruin the economy.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

The future will either be green or not at all.

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

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

There are real and growing dangers to our simple and most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we bring, and the land which sustains us.... If we do not act, the world of the year 2000 will be much less able to sustain life than it is now.

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

China is the world’s second largest economy, but the enormous costs of its growth are becoming apparent. Residents of its boom cities and a growing number of rural regions question the safety of the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. It is as if they were living in the Chinese equivalent of the Chernobyl or Fukushima nuclear disaster areas. The environmental hazards here are legion, and the consequences might not manifest themselves for years or even decades.

The biggest drag on global growth in the coming decade will be the impact of energy on the environment.

We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.

The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigger crisis. The sooner we act on the environment, the better.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

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

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

We must give everyone a stake in the World’s environment.

Environmentalism is a dangerous ideology endangering human freedom.

The only solution to pollution is a people's humane revolution.

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn’t have to come at the expense of our economy’s bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn’t have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.