Environmentalism

(147 votes)   Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction. The powerful technological agents we have unleashed against the environment include many of the agents we require for its reconstruction.

George F. Will
1941-, American Political Columnist

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(139 votes)   What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or moving whole populations about like chess pieces, if we ourselves remain the same restless, miserable, frustrated creatures we were before? To call such activity progress is utter delusion. We may succeed in altering the face of the earth until it is unrecognizable even to the Creator, but if we are unaffected wherein lies the meaning?

Henry Miller
1891-1980, American Author

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(129 votes)   I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

Jose Ortega Y Gasset
1883-1955, Spanish Essayist, Philosopher

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