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“Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume as much of the world's resources as twenty children born in India. Deliberate and calculated waste is the central aspect of the American economy. We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.”

“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.”

“I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these big families. They don't realize that 10 children in rural Tanzania will use less natural resources in a year than one middle class American child. People don't think like that.”

People Thinking Years Children Use Problem Bigs Realizing Natural Class Middle Resources India Upset Middle Class Natural Resources Big Families Tanzania

Author:Jane Goodall

“India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.”

People Humans Used Century Like You Resources India Oil 21st Century 20th Century Human Resources Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudis

Author:Rahul Gandhi

“The seven things that make up the rainbow of India's development are India's strong and deep rooted family system, Agriculture-Animal development, India's Matru Shakti (women power), Natural Resources (Jal, Jameen, Jungle), Youth power, Vibrant Democracy and Knowledge.”

Strong Natural Animal Democracy Youth Development Resources India Seven Rooted Rainbow Agriculture Jungle Governance Natural Resources Women Power Shakti

Author:Narendra Modi

“In the spiritual lore of India there is a story that the Lord whispered only one word in our ears when he sent us into the world: 'Give.' Give freely of your time, your talent, your resources; give without asking for anything in return. This is the secret of living in joy and security.”

World Giving Stories Spiritual Joy Secret Lord Talent Security Return Resources Ears India Asking One Word

Book:Like a Thousand Suns: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume II

Source: Like a Thousand Suns: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume II

“BRICS must provide a united and clear voice in shaping a peaceful, balanced and stable world. We must harness each other's strengths, in knowledge, skills and resources.”

World Voice United Clear Skills Resources India Peaceful Stable Balanced Governance Harness Brics

Author:Narendra Modi

“Outsourcing, information technology revolution, the access to India's human resources, India's pool of scientists. It will help American companies to become leaner, meaner, more efficient, and they become more competitive, both in the United States and in dealing with the rest of the world.”

“China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering around the edge, South Korea is involved, and Iran is an associate member of some kind. If the Middle East oil resources around the Gulf, which are the main ones in the world, if they link up to the Asian grid, the United States is really a second-rate power. A lot is at stake in not withdrawing from Iraq.”

“I've never believed protectionism of that kind will lead us anywhere. I think you can have certain specific rules for engaging with India.. for example, not allowing mineral resources to be taken out of the country.. but there is not a shred of doubt in my mind that when you open an economy you should do it in totality. Foreign investment adds a sense of competition; we should see this as a wake-up call to modernise and upgrade. Companies that do not will undoubtedly die.”

“The American lawn uses more resources than any other agricultural industry in the world. It uses more phosphates than India and puts on more poisons than any other form of agriculture.”

World Use Form Environment Industry Resources India Poison Agriculture Lawns

Author:Bill Mollison

“The western model of growth that India and China wish to emulate is intrinsically toxic. It uses huge resources - energy and materials - and generates enormous waste... it remains many steps behind the problems it creates. India and China have no choice but to reinvent the development trajectory”

“To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which can be systematically developed by the spiritual sciences of India and Tibet. We have not yet tamed our own demons of racism, nationalism, sexism, and materialism. We have not yet made peace with a land we took by force and have only partly paid for. We are a teeming conglomeration of people from different tribes who have yet to embrace fully the humanness in one another. And none of us can be really free until all of us are.”

“India is going to be the 21st century's Saudi Arabia in terms of human resources”

Humans Term Century Resources India 21st Century Human Resources Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudis

Author:Rahul Gandhi

“I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency?”

Ifs Government Resources India England Checks Finance Indian Fierce Severe Emergencies Deficiency Irreparable

Book:Speeches on Questions of Public Policy

Source: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy

“Thirty years ago, if you said the country was living beyond its means, people would have thought about economics. Now, if you talk about the country, or the planet living beyond its means, you think about the environment. We are taking out more than we are giving back. We are consuming energy, water, and other natural resources in a way that is leading to huge and often irreversible damage to the planet. So too are most other developed nations. And so too will China and India if they follow the same path of economic development as us”

“It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?”

Country Half Achieve Planets Resources India Environmental Prosperity Britain

Author:Mahatma Gandhi