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Environmental Quotes "Environmental Quotes." Grinning Planet. Mark Jeantheau Web. 15 Sep 2010. []. Quotes: 1. "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. " //— **Chief Seattle**// 2. "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." //— **Mahatma Gandhi**// 3. "Eventually we'll realize that if we destroy the ecosystem, we destroy ourselves." //— **Jonas Salk**, American physician and microbiologist, 1914-95// 4. “What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all of our tomorrows."   //— **Alexandra Stoddard**, author, interior designer and philosopher of contemporary living//    5. “I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?" //— **Robert Redford**, actor, at Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985// 6. “That's human nature. Nobody does anything until it's too late."   //— **Michael Crichton**, from the novel// //Prey//     7. "Our choices at all levels—individual, community, corporate and government—affect nature. And they affect us."   //— **David Suzuki**,// //Suzuki Foundation//     8. "Like a shadow that does not permit us to jump over it, but moves with us to maintain its proper distance, pollution is nature's answer to culture. When we have learned to recycle pollution into potent information, we will have passed over completely into the new cultural ecology."   //— **William Irwin Thompson**//    9. "Considering the whole span of earthly time... Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species – man – acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world."    //— **Rachel Carson**, author,// //Silent Spring//     10. "Space travel has given us a new appreciation for the Earth. We realize that the Earth is special. We've seen it from afar. We realize that the Earth is the only natural home for man we know of, and that we had better protect it."   //— **James Erwin**, US astronaut//    11. "Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean."    //— **Laurence J. Peter**//    12. "A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."   //— **Franklin Delano Roosevelt**//     13. "Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."    //— **John McConnell**, founder of International Earth Day//    14. "A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world."   //— **Shakyamuni**//    15. "The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard."    //— **Gaylord Nelson** former governor of Wisconsin, co-founder of Earth Day//