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Former Governor of Washington

Dixie Lee Ray was an American physicist and politician who served as the 13th Governor of Washington. She was the first woman to hold the office and the first woman to serve as chair of the Atomic Energy Commission. Known for her advocacy for environmental protection and commitment to science education, Ray made significant contributions to both science and public service.

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“It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment.”

“Anything that the private sector can do, the government can do it worse.”

Government Can Do Private Sector

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“Nature did not make me willowy.”

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“Everybody is exposed to radiation. A little bit more or a little bit less is of no consequence.”

Littles Bits Little Bit Consequence Exposed Radiation

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“The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented.”

Should Government Goal Environment Clean Environmental Cleaning Mandates

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“The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of independent nations. The future is to be World Government with central planning by the United Nations. Fear of environmental crises - whether real or not - is expected to lead to - compliance”

“A nuclear-power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year.”

People Years Science Power Eating Plant Nuclear Choke Nuclear Power Power Plants Nuclear Plants

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“Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot”

Wells Garden Woods Gardening Neglected Gardening And God

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“The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation.”

Reality Government Jobs Growth Risk Economic Products Plus Zero Pollution Defects Inflation Maximum Economic Growth Runaway Zero Defects

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“It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country.”

Country States Age Church Activity New Age Church And State Pagan Prohibition Mingling

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“Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything.”

Mankind Species Environmental Radical Lowest Environmentalist

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“We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so.”

Accepting Feminist

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“The organic material, as the laws of chemistry state, can neither be created nor destroyed.”

States Law Materials Destroyed Chemistry Organic Chemistry

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“Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle.”

Persons Average Breasts Average Person Testicles

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“I think people are going to return to sanity when they see how ridiculous many of these charges are, and how the predictions are not borne out.”

People Thinking Return Ridiculous Sanity Predictions Comeback

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“They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death.”

Principles Failing Materials Birth Broads Recycling Life Span Recycled

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“I have confidence in people's basic common sense.”

People Common Confidence Common Sense Have Confidence

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“I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.”

Believe Government Position Activity Performances

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“No question about that, the radicals are in charge.”

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“Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that, when the truth comes out, it's buried in the back page or never makes it on the air at all.”

May Matter Done Seems Asks Air Pages Print Buried Reporters Outlandish Verification Truth Comes Out

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“There is a deliberate and quite outspoken attack on the whole idea of people owning private property.”

People Ideas Whole Property Deliberate Private Property Outspoken

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“We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical.”

Needs Giving Should Facts Asks Decision Behinds Policy Office Evidence Makers Skeptical Policy Makers

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About the Author

Born: September 3, 1914
Died: January 2, 1994
Known for: Former Governor of Washington
Quotes: 22

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