“Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.” IfsNeedsShouldWellsCountryCoursesResponsibilityEnvironmentFocusStudentsCitizensEducatedCivicsWell EducatedProficiencyCivic Responsibility Author:George Nethercutt
“Human beings need community. If there are no communities available for constructive ends, there will be destructive, murderous communities... Only the social sector, that is, the nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, can create what we now need, communities for citizens... What the dawning 21st century needs above all is equally explosive growth of the nonprofit social sector in building communities in the newly dominant social environment, the city.” IfsNeedsHumansEndsSocialGrowthCommunityHuman BeingsCitiesEnvironmentCenturyBuildingCitizensOrganizationAvailableDestructiveDominant21st CenturyConstructiveExplosivesNonprofitsSocial EnvironmentBuilding Community Author:Peter Drucker
“A second key area where you are called to make a contribution is in showing concern for the environment. This is not only because this country, more than many others, is likely to be seriously affected by climate change. You are called to care for Creation not only as responsible citizens, but also as followers of Christ!” CountryCareChristEnvironmentCreationKeysCitizensAreasConcernResponsibleClimateClimate ChangeContributionAffectedWhere You AreFollowersConcern For The Environment Author:Pope Francis
“We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will not be cheap or easy and the costs will have to be borne by each citizen, consumer and taxpayer. How clean is clean enough can only be answered in terms of how much we are willing to pay and how soon we seek success... It is simplistic to seek ecological perfection at the cost of bankrupting the very tax-paying enterprises which must pay for the social advances we seek.” EnoughSocialEasyGoalTermPayMoralEnvironmentWillingCitizensCostTaxesPerfectionCleanEnvironmentalConsumersEnterpriseDedicationPollutionRhetoricTaxpayersEcologicalCleaners Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Good stewardship of the environment is not just a personal responsibility, it is a public value... Our duty is to use the land well, and sometimes not to use it at all. This is our responsibility as citizens, but more than that, it is our calling as stewards of the earth.” WellsSometimesUseEarthValuesResponsibilityEnvironmentLandDutyCitizensCallingStewardshipPersonal ResponsibilityStewards Author:George W. Bush
“I am not saying that government has nothing to offer. Government has an important role in fostering an environment conducive to business creation while also protecting its citizens. These are not mutually exclusive.” ImportantGovernmentRolesEnvironmentCreationCitizensOffersExclusiveFostering Author:Sher Valenzuela
“Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of our communities, and those who care about the environment.” NeedsCareInterestCommunityResponsibilityEnvironmentCitizensCorporateEmployeeExecutivesWho CaresOur CommunityShareholdersStakeholder Author:Simon Mainwaring
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” WholeGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsEnergyFreedomLibertyDemocracyEnvironmentSocietyCitizensAimSafetyThreatHistoricalSeriesClimate ChangeLibertarianPracticalsEndlessTyrannyIndividualismImaginaryThreatenedFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyProperty RightsMenacePeace WarLimited GovernmentDemocracies HaveLimiting GovernmentClamorLibertarian PartyLimited FreedomPolitical WillGreat LibertarianPolitical IssuesGovernment BureaucracyPrice Of FreedomLimiting FreedomSocial ControlCabalGovernment And PoliticsVoting Founding FathersMoney In Politics Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy