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I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? – Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985

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Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites. – William Ruckelshaus, Business Week, 18 June 1990

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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. – Carl Sagan

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In the sixties, you could always insult a guy by calling him “plastic.” It meant he was phony or superficial. The opposite of plastic was “real.” – Elizabeth Royte, Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, 2005

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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

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Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. – Leonard Cohen

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Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. – Anthony J. DAngelo

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Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. – Denis Diderot

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Lifes greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. – Victor Hugo

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