Bob Brown Quotes

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

We must not be the generation responsible for irreversibly damaging the environment. We must hand it over to our children in as near pristine condition as we were lent it from our parents.

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet.

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

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

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.

One Earth, one mother - one does not sell the Earth.

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.

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

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

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.

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

No compromise in defense of Mother Earth.

Environmentalism is a dangerous ideology endangering human freedom.

The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it..

There is a reason and a need to have an Environmental Protection Agency.

We've made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that's something we should celebrate.

Since we're all Mother Earth's children, I like to think that more and more of us will be out there helping her against those who are hurting her.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can handle it. It needs collaboration among all the stakeholders - companies, governments, NGOs and the public. Public accountability will be the ultimate driving force.