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Mollie Beattie

Mollie Beattie was a renowned American conservationist, born on April 27, 1947, and passed away in 1996. She had a profound impact on the field of environmental conservation, particularly in forest protection. more

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“If having endured much, we at last asserted our 'right to know' and if, knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks, then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tell us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals, we should look around and see what other course is open to us.”

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Book:Silent Spring
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“The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation-must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
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