Quote by Wangari Maathai
I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. – Wangari Maathai

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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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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. – Wangari Maathai

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I dont really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me. – Wangari Maathai

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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. – Karl Marx

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But I do know focusing on the exterior doesnt make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it wont be reached by getting thinner or fatter. – Elle Macpherson

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What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars. – Mikhail Gorbachev

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Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region. – Chen Shui-bian

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