George E. Brown, Jr.

“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully for much longer unless we see it as a whole system and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.”

“If we are to have a stable world, we must have a stable population.”

“Sustainable development is the masterful balance between the human and the natural world.”

“We must be willing to invest in the future, and that means investing in education and scientific research.”

“The problems we face today—violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on—are mainly problems of human behavior.”

“The role of the federal government should be to do what the private sector can't or won't do.”

“Environmental protection is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of our species.”

“True democracy requires an educated and informed citizenry.”

“The pursuit of knowledge is the most noble of human endeavors.”