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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.
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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Environmentalist
Mountaineer
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Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
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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.
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It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.
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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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People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.
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Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.
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We cannot go on fiddling while the earth's wild places burn.
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Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.
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You don't need it, but will you take some advice from a Californian who's been around for a while? Cherish these rivers. Witness for them. Enjoy their unimprovable purpose as you sense it, and let those rivers that you never visit comfort you with the assurance that they are there, doing wonderfully what they have always done.
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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.
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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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If you want to get people off drugs, improve reality.
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I believe in the rights of creatures other than man.
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Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?
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Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.
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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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We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.
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What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent.
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The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.
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Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.
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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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