“I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world we couldn't care less about climate change, that we feel entitled to drive whatever big cars we feel like, that we feel entitled to consume however much oil we like, the message we send is that a war for oil in the gulf is not a war to protect the world's right to economic survival-but our right to indulge. Now that will be seen as immoral.” IfsWorldFeelsWarRealProblemBigsCareEnergyEconomicCarProtectMessagesSurvivalProgramClimateClimate ChangeOilAlternativesEntitledConservationImmoralNo ProblemIndulgeAccompanyEnergy ConservationBig Cars Author:Thomas Friedman
“Your very own sister may take your husband away and your husband may be the ticket for economic survival.” MayWomenEconomicHusbandSurvivalEnlightenmentTicketsYour Husband Author:Frederick Lenz
“Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not.” IfsWellsHumanityWaterEconomicSourceDevelopmentSafeSurvivalResourcesFundamentalsAccessSecureWell BeingSufficientRequirementsEconomic DevelopmentFresh Water Author:Kofi Annan
“Government and business must come together on the interlinked issues of conservation, economic development and renewable energy. There are literally thousands of businesses, many in the tourism industry, that depend on an intact marine environment for their long-term survival.” LongGovernmentTogetherEnergyTermIssuesEnvironmentEconomicDependsDevelopmentIndustrySurvivalLong TermConservationMarineTourismRenewable EnergyEconomic DevelopmentGovernment And BusinessTourism Industry Author:Richard Branson
“The health of our home planet and the survival of our species will only be secured through the use of space resources and the expansion of Earth's economic sphere to the Moon and beyond. Creating an off-Earth economy and multi-planet civilization will safeguard the long term prospects of humanity.” LongUseHomeEarthHumanityTermSpaceEconomyEconomicPlanetsCivilizationMoonCreatingSurvivalResourcesSpeciesLong TermSpheresExpansionProspectsSecured Author:Bob Richards
“We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.” MomentsOpportunityCommunityPoorRichEconomicOffersSurvivalTransformationThreatSpeciesBelovedGlobal WarmingGapsThreatenedHistoricRich And PoorInterconnectedMeltdownsBeloved Community Author:Desmond Tutu
“When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of economic activities, it is a question of survival for these people. So our environmental movements have been justice movements.” PeopleHas BeensJusticeEconomicMovementFieldsActivitySurvivalRiversEnvironmentalForestsDestroyedStolenOur EnvironmentBiodiversity Author:Vandana Shiva
“When the wilderness movement emerged, it emerged separate from the issue of social inequality and the economic problems of survival. It was a preservationist ecology movement created by an occupying culture. Clearly, a wilderness movement started by Native Americans would not have had the same roots.” ProblemCultureSocialIssuesEconomicMovementSurvivalRootsInequalityNativeWildernessNative AmericanEcologyEconomic ProblemsSocial Inequality Author:Vandana Shiva
“"Hypercoherence" is one of the most dangerous threats to the long-term survival of our civilization. Hypercoherence is the close efficient linkage of all parts of the world economic, communication and transport systems. It has been crucial in the spread of great innovations, the rise of world wealth, and even the dissemination of democratic concepts and ethical values and the defeat of oppressive regimes.” WorldValuesWealthEconomicDangerousCommunicationSurvivalInnovationThreatDemocraticDefeatSpreadEthicalTransport Author:Arthur Demarest
“There's more and more recognition that a carbon economy is dangerous to us economically. And there is increasing recognition that renewable fuels have economic value as well as obvious value for our health and our well-being and our survival. In fact, as you know, the economic revolution in renewable fuels has been impressive. It really had not been anticipated.” ValuesEconomyEconomicDangerousRevolutionSurvivalObviousRecognitionImpressive Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.” NeedsCountryEconomicSurvivalEuropeImmigrants Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and after looking about for a few thousand years declares itself in possession of eternal truths. But in a world that is changing as fast as ours, this is a prescription for disaster. No nation, no religion, no economic system, no body of knowledge, is likely to have all the answers for our survival. There must be many social systems that would work far better than any now in existence. In the scientific tradition, our task is to find them.” WorldYearsKindBodyCultureNationsSocialAnswersExistenceHalfFourEconomicStageThousandEternalSurvivalTraditionTasksFollowingPossessionBillionsDisasterArrogantThousand YearsPrescriptionsEconomic SystemsSocial SystemsNewcomers Author:Carl Sagan
“Capitalism is not only a better form of organizing human activity than any deliberate design, any attempt to organize it to satisfy particular preferences, to aim at what people regard as beautiful or pleasant order, but it is also the indispensable condition for just keeping that population alive which exists already in the world. I regard the preservation of what is known as the capitalist system, of the system of free markets and the private ownership of the means of production, as an essential condition of the very survival of mankind.” PeopleWorldHumansMeanBeautifulFormOrderKnownLibertyAliveEconomicConditionsMankindDesignParticularActivityEssentialsSurvivalCapitalismEconomicsRegardAimPopulationProductionsPleasantCapitalistOwnershipOrganizeIndispensablePreservationPreferenceFree MarketDeliberateHuman Activity Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We need a vision that recognizes that we are at one of the great turning points in human history when the survival of our planet and the restoration of our humanity require a great sea change in our ecological, economic, political, and spiritual values.” PeopleWayNeedsHumansSpiritualPoliticalValuesHumanityVisionImagineSeaEconomicPlanetsSurvivalAlternativesHuman HistoryOur PlanetRestorationEcologicalTurning PointsOld WaysSpiritual ValuesSea Change Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“We in Himalaya are facing a crisis of survival due to the suicidal activities being carried out in the name of development… The monstrous Tehri dam is a symbol of this… There is need for a new and long-term policy to protect the dying Himalaya. I do not want to see the death of the most sacred river of the world-the Ganga- for short-term economic gains.” WorldWantNeedsLongNamesTermEconomicDyingPolicyDevelopmentActivityProtectSurvivalGainsRiversCrisisSacredDuesSymbolsLong TermSuicidalShort TermMonstrousDamsHimalayas Author:Sunderlal Bahuguna
“The success and ultimately the survival of every business, large or small, depends in the last analysis on its ability to develop people. This ability is not measured by any of our conventional yardsticks of economic success; yet, is the final measurement.” PeopleLastsSuccessAbilityBusinessEconomicDependsSurvivalFinalsAnalysisConventionalMeasurementYardsticksEconomic Success Author:Peter Drucker
“More and more clearly every day, out of biology, anthropology, sociology, history, economic analysis, psychological insight, plain human decency and common sense, the necessary mandate of survival that we shall love all our neighbors as we do ourselves, is being confirmed and reaffirmed.” HumansCommonEconomicSurvivalHistoricalInsightNeighborCommon SensePsychologicalAnalysisBiologySociologyDecencyAnthropologyMandates Author:Ordway Tead
“In our researches on the likely economic apocalypse it's become clear what is the prime survival tool for hard times: friends. Good friends. Lots of them.” HardClearEconomicSurvivalResearchToolsHard TimesPrimeGood FriendApocalypse Author:Stewart Brand
“Whoever claims that economic competition represents survival of the fittest in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.” LawEconomicSurvivalEvidenceEconomicsClaimsCompetitionJungleSurvival Of The FittestLack Of KnowledgeEconomic Competition Author:George Reisman
“All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions, or from customs necessary for the survival of the group in social and economic circumstances that now lie in the distant past.” PastLyingSocialSexReligiousViewsMoralGroupsEconomicParticularCircumstancesJudgmentSurvivalFunctionJudgementCustomsDiscardedMoral JudgmentBodily FunctionsMoral Judgement Author:Peter Singer
“I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.” PeopleNeedsStatesAbleEnjoyEconomicDependsSurvivalFloridaTouristsTourism Author:Corrine Brown
“There is no option but to transform our world to a zero carbon future. We will fight to ensure that no one is left behind. This report breaks new ground and gives workers and businesses the confidence that there can be an economic plan which creates jobs and sets our planet on the course for survival.” WorldGivingJobsFightingCoursesLeftBehindsBreakPlansEconomicPlanetsSurvivalWorkersReportsOur WorldZeroCarbonLeft BehindOur Planet Author:Sharan Burrow
“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.” GovernmentAgeForceSocialLevelsStruggleProgressEconomicMovementBirthDespairSurvivalLaborUnionsMiseryMereOld AgeReformReliefTransformedPrincipalUnemploymentPensionSocial ReformTolerableLabor UnionDestituteLabor MovementCollective Bargaining Book:All Labor Has Dignity Source: All Labor Has Dignity
“Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.” WayShouldWellsSpiritualMovingEconomicIntegritySurvivalWell BeingVegetarianVegetarianismSpiritual Integrity Author:Thomas Berry