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David R. Brower was an outstanding environmentalist, born on July 1, 1912, and passed away on November 5, 2000. He played a significant role in the environmental movement, promoting environmental legislation and raising public awareness.

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

Needs Art Stills Earth Passion Winning Battle Defense Wit Truth And Beauty

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

Children Earth Parent Our Children Stealing

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“Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.”

Has Beens Earth Mark Scar Polite Could Have Been

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“If I could go back to a point in history to try to get things to come out differently, I would go back and tell moses to go up the mountain again and get the other tablet. Because the Ten Commandments just tell us what we are supped to do with one another, not a word about our relationship to the earth. Genesis starts with these commands: multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. We have multiplied very well, we have replenished our populations very well, we have subdued it all too well, and we don't have any other instruction.”

Ifs Trying Wells Earth Ten Mountain Population Command If I Could Instruction Our Relationship Commandments Moses Genesis Ten Commandments Tablets

Author:David R. Brower

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

May Earth Compassion Pauses

Book:Wildlife: The Real Test of Environmental Quality

Source: Wildlife: The Real Test of Environmental Quality

“I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.”

Wells Country Helping Earth Found Organization Other Countries Here And There Institute

Author:David R. Brower

“Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field.”

Earth Space Sun Fields Ten Waste Shots Proposal Rockets

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

Earth Water Goes On Wild Places

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“I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.”

Writing Hands Earth Clubs League Voters Conservation Sierra

Author:David R. Brower

About the Author

Born: July 1, 1912
Died: November 5, 2000
Known for: Environmentalist
Quotes: 67

Books & Sources

Wildlife: The Real Test of Environmental QualityRelated source material

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