“After my grandfather's plane took enemy fire, he was denied permission to land at the first available airstrip. In that classic British bureaucratic way, they said he had to go back to your own airbase in the Midlands. They crashed between the coast and the airfield.” WayFirstsSaidEnemyFireLandAvailableBritishPlanesClassicDeniedGrandfatherPermissionThey SaidCoastMy Grandfather Author:Tom Hooper
“With biobanking there's just another tool available to make sure that the land we actually conserve has better biodiversity values. It's usually more contiguous. You see, just because you preserve two dozen trees at the end of a development site doesn't mean that's a great habitat.” MeanTwoEndsValuesTreeLandDevelopmentToolsAvailablePreservesDozenSiteHabitatBiodiversity Author:Frank Sartor
“The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations.” PeopleShouldMadeWholeGovernmentValuesInterestWaterResponsibilityGenerationsLandEnvironmentalAvailableForestsManageStreamsSustainabilityEntitledFederal GovernmentFuture GenerationWildlifeMineralsTimberJurisdictionUtilizationPublic Lands Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I think theoretically if a man is young and healthy society should not give him a basic income. He should not be given dole. He should not be eligible for welfare. If he can work and if there is work available, he should take his choice. If he wants to be a hermit or beggar, that's fine. If he wants to move with the sun and live off the land, that's fine. If he is in a society which has work for him I don't think he should theoretically be eligible for welfare.” IfsThinkingMenWantGivingShouldMovingYoungChoicesGivenSunLandFineHealthyAvailableIncomeWelfareBeggarHermitsHealthy Society Author:Pierre Trudeau
“Once upon a time there were the Pampas in Argentina, that people could treat as "empty lands" and where they could run away from their problems from problem-ridden homes. That eventuality is no longer available.” PeopleProblemHomeRunningLandEmptyTreatsAvailableRunning AwayOnce Upon A TimeArgentina Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“You know, Russia today is, what, 200 million people? In land mass, it's probably 50 times the size [of Japan], in natural resources a hundred times the size! Russia's not doing all that badly. The public there - not everybody - but they have things that the West offered, [that] were only available in the West a long time ago.” PeopleKnowsLongTodayNaturalMillionsLandMassLong TimeHundredResourcesWestSizeAvailableRussiaJapanLong Time AgoNatural Resources Author:Michael Bloomberg