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“Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but we do not respect it.”

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Book:Nor any drop to drink

Source: Nor any drop to drink

“In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.”

Source: Silent Spring

“Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.”

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Author:Francis of Assisi

“With the growth of the world population, the global climate change and the need for a greater healthy environment, access to water resources has become a crucial condition for the realization of an equitable international order, where the needs of the peoples are effectively addressed. In this regard, the need for international cooperation, including in joint effort with relevant non-state actors, is paramount to ensure water is made available to all without discrimination. Water is a human right, an enabling right, not a mere commodity.”

“Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”

“[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a piracy, it is self defence. It is defending the Somalia children's food.”

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Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

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Book:Juvenilia: Poems, 1922-1928

Source: Juvenilia: Poems, 1922-1928

“The trouble with water-and there is trouble with water-is that they're not making any more of it. They're not making any less, mind, but no more either. There is the same amount of water in the planet now as there was in prehistoric times.”

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Book:Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

Source: Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

“True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them.”

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Author:George Aiken