“As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes from some proponents of immigration that if you oppose the immigration policy we have now, you're a racist.. There is no way in the world we can forge a sustainable society without stabilizing the population. ... There's no practical way of stabilizing the population of the U.S. without reducing the immigration rate. When do we decide we have to do something, or do we wait until things are as bad here as they are in the countries people want to leave?” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWayWantCountryWaitingIssuesPolicyOrganizationRatePopulationPracticalsImmigrationRacistFrightenedAvoidingReducingImmigration Policy Author:Gaylord Nelson
“The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.” WorldWholeEarthJobsNationsWaterWealthEconomyAirEconomicActivityOceanRiversEnvironmentalForestsSoilLakesWildlifeMother EarthEarth DayMineralsSustainingHabitatBiodiversityEarth And NatureGreen EarthBeautiful EarthWorld Earth DayInspirational EarthInspirational EnvironmentalScenicRivers And LakesEarth FriendlyLakes And Rivers Book:Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise Source: Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise
“We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.” WorldRealizingSeriousConsequenceSpeciesAround The WorldWeb Of Life Author:Gaylord Nelson
“...Your company...will send drugs to all the underdeveloped countries of the world, and since they do not have any standards, we will fool them all and can make a great big profit and never tell the doctors that there is a risk.....You will meet the standards of the country in which you are advertising, not the...proper standard...I would think that you would not sleep at night....I do not think this country will not stand for it.” ThinkingWorldCountryBigsAgeNightDarkSleepCompanyRiskFoolDrugStandardsDoctorsProfitMedicalAdvertisingDark AgesCountries Of The WorldUnderdeveloped Countries Author:Gaylord Nelson
