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David R. Brower quotes: Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million.

David R. Brower quotes: We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

David R. Brower quotes: I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible

I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible

David R. Brower quotes: 'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.

'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.

David R. Brower quotes: We still need conservationists who will attempt the impossible, achieving it because they aren't aware how impossible it is.

We still need conservationists who will attempt the impossible, achieving it because they aren't aware how impossible it is.

David R. Brower quotes: There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!

David R. Brower quotes: For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands.

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands.

David R. Brower quotes: The Peninsula is what we have and there is no more where it came from.

The Peninsula is what we have and there is no more where it came from.

David R. Brower quotes: If you want to get people off drugs, improve reality.

If you want to get people off drugs, improve reality.

David R. Brower quotes: A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.

David R. Brower quotes: You don't have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy.

You don't have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy.

David R. Brower quotes: Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

David R. Brower quotes: When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.

David R. Brower quotes: To me, a wilderness is where the flow of wildness is essentially uninterrupted by technology; without wilderness the world is a cage.

To me, a wilderness is where the flow of wildness is essentially uninterrupted by technology; without wilderness the world is a cage.

David R. Brower quotes: There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river.

There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river.

David R. Brower quotes: We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

David R. Brower quotes: Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.

David R. Brower quotes: Let man heal the hurt places and revere whatever is still miraculously pristine.

Let man heal the hurt places and revere whatever is still miraculously pristine.

David R. Brower quotes: If something's going wrong with this planet we'd better fix it here and not look for some sort of escape.

If something's going wrong with this planet we'd better fix it here and not look for some sort of escape.

David R. Brower quotes: While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind.

While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind.

David R. Brower quotes: We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock.

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock.

David R. Brower quotes: Without wilderness, the world's a cage.

Without wilderness, the world's a cage.

David R. Brower quotes: All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent

All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent

David R. Brower quotes: There is no business on a dead planet

There is no business on a dead planet

David R. Brower quotes: Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.

David R. Brower quotes: We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open.

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open.

David R. Brower quotes: Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.

Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.

David R. Brower quotes: Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

David R. Brower quotes: I believe in the rights of creatures other than man.

I believe in the rights of creatures other than man.

David R. Brower quotes: True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one; you have to seek it out not seated, but afoot.

True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one; you have to seek it out not seated, but afoot.

David R. Brower quotes: It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

David R. Brower quotes: Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.

David R. Brower quotes: Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this.

Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this.

David R. Brower quotes: We cannot go on fiddling while the earth's wild places burn ...

We cannot go on fiddling while the earth's wild places burn ...

David R. Brower quotes: There is more inside you than you dare think.

There is more inside you than you dare think.

David R. Brower quotes: People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.

People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.

David R. Brower quotes: The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society, which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope.

The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society, which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope.

David R. Brower quotes: Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.

Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.

David R. Brower quotes: Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.

Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.

David R. Brower quotes: We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children.

We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children.

David R. Brower quotes: Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.

Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.

David R. Brower quotes: It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.

David R. Brower quotes: Overpopulation is perhaps the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of that problem. It has to be addressed.

Overpopulation is perhaps the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of that problem. It has to be addressed.