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Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a sustainable society during the next few decades. It is a challenge we can meet if we have the leadership and the political will to do so.

Gaylord Nelson

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Gaylord Nelson
Age: 89 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 4
Died: 2005
Died: July 3
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