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I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.
David R. Brower
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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
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Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.
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Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.
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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
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We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.
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Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.
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Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.
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It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.
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True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one you have to seek it out not seated, but afoot.
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I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living.
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There is more inside you than you dare think.
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I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible
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I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.
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