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“I'm really worried about what the world is going to be like when my daughters are young women, [when] they are young leaders or mothers or businesspeople - whatever they're going to be. I'm afraid they're going to have a less healthy and less biologically rich planet.”

Quote by Jeff Corwin

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Jeff Corwin is a renowned conservationist, born on July 11, 1967. Known for his passion for wildlife and unwavering commitment to environmental protection, Corwin has made significant contributions to public awareness through television shows, books, and lectures. more

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“I am really inspired when I am in an experience, at the front lines of conservation, and I see someone - a woman, a man, a child, a person - who has given up an opportunity to have a family, an opportunity for financial riches, even an opportunity for security, [to] put their whole life on the line to protect a species.”

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“I love people who have died trying to save wildlife. When I see that passion, that gives me hope.”

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“Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.”

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“The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.”

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“We live in a time where we have more extinction happening on our planet than since the dinosaurs were wiped out 50 million years ago.”

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“Many scientists would argue that we are now in what is called Extinction, and it's caused by this perfect extinction storm: climate change, habitat loss, pollution, unsustainable exploitation of species and habitat resources, and of course, human population explosion. All of these factors work together and conspire to drive a species to extinction on our planet, every half an hour.”

“We know that when push comes to shove, [we can] drive ourselves to save our planet.”

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“We are not far away from the point of no return when it comes to life on earth, and we have some radical choices to make.”

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Author:Jeff Corwin

“Many of the medicines we use today, to fight everything from AIDS to cancer, originate as a toxin in an amphibian skin. When we lose these animals, we lose resources. We lose keystone species in the environments where they live.”

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“Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.”

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Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)