“Americans long thought that nature could take care of itself-or that if it did not, the consequences were someone else's problem. As we know now, that assumption was wrong; none of us is a stranger to environmental problems.” IfsKnowsLongProblemCareConsequenceEnvironmentalStrangerTake CareAssumptionEnvironmental Problems Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977
“The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible for things, but not for people. It is the unquestioned assumption of a mercantile culture that things need and deserve attention, but that people can take care of themselves.” PeopleNeedsChildrenCareCultureBusinessAttentionGroupsPositionCitizensDeserveResponsibleTake CareAssumptionUrgesBeing Responsible Book:The Folks at Home Source: The Folks at Home