Quote by Maurice Strong
One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to

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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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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I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn. – Maurice Strong

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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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Just as theres garbage that pollutes the Potomac river, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up. – Patrick Buchanan

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When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done! – Dennis Weaver

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In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families. – Wangari Maathai

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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. – Jim Jeffords

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