Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, people who were "wrong" in their own time and think, ah well. Bob Brown More Quotes by Bob Brown More Quotes From Bob Brown Seeing the whales off James Price Point, mothers, babies, bull whales, seeing the count, going up into the thousands of these whales, the assurance that they will be ok with a mega port, mega ships and a huge factory ashore, is now clearly proven wrong. Bob Brown whales mother baby Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years. Bob Brown success inspirational men Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box. Bob Brown voters news age So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive. Our bodies and our minds are fashioned by it. Our hearts resonate with it. There will be little joy for the human spirit if we destroy the natural fabric of Earth with nothing left to do but go shopping. When we imagine the world a century from now, when we look our great grandchildren in the eye and see them smiling back at us because they know we cared for them, we smile too! Bob Brown grandchildren eye heart We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls. Bob Brown wall flower forests The future will either be green or not at all. Bob Brown environmental green We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has moved beyond the basics of literacy and numeracy and which wants to develop a learning culture. Bob Brown diversity imagination positive Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. Bob Brown environmental innovation technology There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium. Bob Brown environmental australia technology Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future. Bob Brown future gun real With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed child on the planet could be well fed, have clean water and sanitation and a local school to go to. Bob Brown money war children In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world. Bob Brown environmental positive people The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now. Bob Brown here-and-now pursuit eternity I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by which I mean accepting all that I don't know. Bob Brown religious men mean The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we share this planet with, let alone our own species, then who can? Bob Brown environment lucky reality Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it. Bob Brown australia learning money The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange . Bob Brown champion economics ambition The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet. Bob Brown be-kind planets reality I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes. Bob Brown optimistic lifetime doe Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many. Bob Brown spontaneous wealth states
