“Gentlemen, do you know what is the finest speech that I ever in my life heard or read? It is the address of Garibaldi to his Roman soldiers, when he told them: "Soldier, what I have to offer you is fatigue, danger, struggle and death; the chill of the cold night in the free air, and heat under the burning sun; no lodgings, no munitions, no provisions, but forced marches, dangerous watchposts and the continual struggle with the bayonet against batteries;- - those who love freedom and their country may follow me." That is the most glorious speech I ever heard in my life.” KnowsMayCountryNightStruggleSunHeardAirDangerousDangerColdOffersSpeechSoldierBurningHeatGentlemanGloriousAddressesMarchDo You KnowFinestChillFatigueProvisionEloquenceFollow MeBatteriesBayonetsLove FreedomCold NightRoman Soldiers Author:Lajos Kossuth
“As in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear.” HeartMadeEyeNightViewsFireAirMy HeartWinterSnowBurningHeatFearfulLiftingBabeLifting UpBurning Bright Author:Robert Southwell
“I wish the air were pure oxygen, and then as it says in our chemistry book, our life would sweep through its fevered burning course in a few hours and we would live in a perfect delirium of excitement and would die vibrating with passion, for anything would be better than this lazy sluggish life.” BookWould BeDiesPassionCoursesWishHoursPerfectOur LivesAirPureBurningExcitementLazyChemistryOxygenDeliriumSluggish Author:M. Carey Thomas
“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. Entire regional airsheds, crop plant environments, and river basins are heavy with noxious materials. Motor vehicles and home heating plants, municipal dumps and factories continually hurl pollutants into the air we breathe. Each day almost 50,000 tons of unpleasant, and sometimes poisonous, sulfur dioxide are added to the atmosphere, and our automobiles produce almost 300,000 tons of other pollutants.” SometimesHomeEnvironmentGenerationsAirProduceMaterialsRiversIncreasePlantClimate ChangeHeavyBreatheScalesBurningAtmosphereFuelEach DaySteadyFactoriesVehicleCompositionCarbonFossilsMotorCropsAutomobileAlteredFossil FuelDumpPoisonousThis GenerationCarbon DioxideHeatingSulfurMotor Vehicles Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“We need to stop burning fossil fuels and utilize only wind, water, and solar power with all generation of power coming from individual or small community units like windmills, waterwheels, and solar panels. Sea transportation should be by sail...Air transportation should be by solar powered blimps when air transportation is necessary.” NeedsShouldIndividualWaterCommunityGenerationsAirSeaWindBurningFuelSailUnitsFossilsTransportationFossil FuelWindmillsSolar PowerBurning Fossil FuelsSolar PanelsSmall CommunitiesBlimps Author:Paul Watson
“People sometimes say we need to be really almost on a wartime footing if you want to change. Our whole economy is based on burning fossil fuels, which is taking CO2 out of the ground and putting it up into the air.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsSometimesWholeEconomyAirBurningFuelFossilsFossil FuelCo2WartimeBurning Fossil Fuels Author:Elizabeth Kolbert