Quote by Maurice Strong
We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have

We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth. – Maurice Strong

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One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways. – Maurice Strong

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environmental
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After all, sustainability means running the global environment – Earth Inc. – like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. – Maurice Strong

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environmental
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Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement. – Maurice Strong

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environmental
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Other Quotes from
Future
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. – Jacob Bronowski

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Future

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. Hes right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic. – Brian Mulroney

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Future

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. – Wilma Mankiller

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Future

Im substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. Theyre sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that theyre hitting back and forth. – Neil Armstrong

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Future

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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. – Toni Morrison

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Nature

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. – Author Unknown

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Nature

The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it. – Henry Mayhew

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Knowledge

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. – John Ruskin

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work