"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."

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"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."

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"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."

Nation, Country, Culture, Trees

"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."

Difference, Trees, Will

"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."

Creativity, Ideas, Difference

"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."

Environment, Poor

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."

Time, Women, Children, Waste

"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."

Environment,

"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."

Time, God, Doubt, Living

"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."

Peace, Conflict, Connection, Democracy

"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."

Development, Environment

"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."

Strength, Women, Fear, African

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"The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Environment, Civilization, Development, Conservation, Destruction

"We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Environment, Food, Care, Importance

"Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

Environment, People, Countries, Now

"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

Environment, Violence, Will

"A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous."

Carl Andre, American Artist

Environment,

"All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies."

David Attenborough, British Journalist

Environment, Environmental, Hope, Years

"I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Environment, Feeling, Trying

"Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Environment, Environmental, Energy, Houses, Protection

"This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact."

Joe Biden, American Vice President

Environment, Environmental, Bizarre, Tax, Want

"Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years."

Marsha Blackburn, American Politician

Environment, Environmental, Congress, Country, Energy