Quote by John Steinbeck
The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-c

The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the town lets wither a time and die. – John Steinbeck

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It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world. – John Steinbeck

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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck

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The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect. – Ren

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Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so lets not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. – Ronald Reagan

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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked. – Ralph Nader

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No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves. – Rachel Carson

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The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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