Logo
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of

The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself. – Henry Fairlie, quoted in Conservation Foundation Letter, November 1981

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Environment
category

One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England. – Glenn T. Seaborg, Atomic Energy Commission chairman, speech, Argonne National La

Category:
Environment

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. – Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, translated by Philemon Holland

Category:
Environment

All depends on the purpose; not even a blade of grass shall be cut without a worthy purpose. – Kulārṇava Tantra

Category:
Environment

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. – Marshall McLuhan, 1964

Category:
Environment

Random Quotes

My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father. – Kevin Richardson

Category:
mom

We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer. – Kristin Scott Thomas

Category:
Women

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Love

Art and works of art do not make an artist sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Category:
Art