Quote by Gore Vidal
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. – Gore Vidal

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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. – Gore Vidal

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Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. – Gore Vidal

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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, hes been bought ten times over. – Gore Vidal

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The purpose of population is not ultimately peopling earth. It is to fill heaven. – Graham D. Leonard

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The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation –must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. – Thomas Robert Malthus

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If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression. – Confucius

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As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves. – Jan Schakowsky

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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action – the ability to pass directly from thought to action. – Eric Hoffer

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Im a hopeful cynic. – Tracy Chapman

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