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Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.
David R. Brower
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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
Cinematographer
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Ski Mountaineer
Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
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I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our political system.
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Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.
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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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While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind.
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