“He is most powerful who has power over himself.” — Seneca …

“If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed [and] if we are not willing [to change], we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.” — Jacques Cousteau …

“The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.” — Ralph Nader
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“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.” — Michel de Montaigne …

“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt …

“What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith.” — Gary Taubes …

“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.” –- Albert Einstein …

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” — Leonardo da Vinci …

“No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do.” — Dorothy Day …

“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” — Wendell Berry …