“Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.” IfsChildrenI CanHappensRunningAmericaBlackWaterCan DoWhiteIssuesAirDaughterGreenCleanWestSouthEnvironmentalBreatheEastIncomeHardestMy DaughterSwimStakesGoing To WorkEnvironmentalismPasturesClean WaterClean AirGreen Pastures Author:Barack Obama
“We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise, American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power, our oil areas and our timber limits.” WaterMinesLimitsAreasArmySouthPossessionOilBordersEnterpriseRapidsInvasionTimberWater Power Book:The Imperialist Source: The Imperialist
“All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . . bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.” WaterAirSkyFieldsLowsBlueGreenWingsSouthGoldenLakesSilverAutumnFall AutumnAutumn DaysAutumn InspirationalGreen FieldsBlue Water Book:By the Shores of Silver Lake Source: By the Shores of Silver Lake
“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.” BookRunningWaterRiversGreenSouthWarmMilesReachingSandYellowPoolSunlightTwinkling Book:Of Mice and Men Source: Of Mice and Men