“Why is it that the destruction of something created by humans is called vandalism, yet the destruction of something created by God is called development?” HumansSeaDevelopmentRiversDestructionFishesBoatLakesFishingVandalism Author:Edward Abbey
“They have poisoned the Thames and killed the fish in the river. A little further development of the same wisdom and science will complete the poisoning of the air, and kill the dwellers on the banks. I almost think it is the destiny of science to exterminate the human race.” ThinkingHumansLittlesScienceRaceDestinyAirDevelopmentRiversScientistEnvironmentalFishesHuman RacePollutionPoisoningDwellersThames Author:Thomas Love Peacock
“Concern for the fate of the great rivers of the earth must lead us to reflect soberly on the model of development which our society is pursuing. A purely economic and technological understanding of progress, to the extent that it fails to acknowledge its intrinsic limitations and to take into consideration the integral good of humanity, will inevitably provoke negative consequences for individuals, peoples and creation itself.” EarthHumanityIndividualUnderstandingWaterFateProgressFailingEconomicCreationDevelopmentModelsConsequenceConcernNegativeRiversEnvironmentalLimitationAcknowledgeConsiderationOur SocietyProvokingTechnologicalNegative Consequences Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Nothing so challenges the American spirit as tackling the biggest job on earth....Americans are stimulated by the big job; the Panama Canal, Boulder Dam, Grand Coulee, Lower Colorado River developments, the tallest building in the world, the mightiest battleship.” WorldBigsEarthJobsSpiritChallengesBuildingDevelopmentRiversColoradoDamsCanalsTacklingBouldersAmerican SpiritPanamaPanama CanalColorado River Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Lincoln was a modernizer, so to speak. He believed in economic development. As a Whig before the war he favored what we would call infrastructure spending, government appropriation for canals, railroads, river and harbor improvements, and a tariff to protect industry. He believed in this market revolution that was sweeping across Northern society. He himself benefited from it in his own life.” WarGovernmentSpeakEconomicRevolutionDevelopmentIndustryProtectRiversSpendingImprovementInfrastructureHarborsSweepingRailroadsEconomic DevelopmentCanalsAppropriationTariffs Author:Eric Foner