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Wangari Maathai Quotes: "All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet."

All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "We do the right thing not to please people but because it's the only logically reasonable thing to do, as long as we are being honest with ourselves - even if we are the only ones."

We do the right thing not to please people but because it's the only logically reasonable thing to do, as long as we are being honest with ourselves - even if we are the only ones.




Wangari Maathai Quotes: "So GMOs, who knows? Maybe GMOs will come, they will get maize that produces double. But who knows what else may happen to the maize?"

So GMOs, who knows? Maybe GMOs will come, they will get maize that produces double. But who knows what else may happen to the maize?



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious."

Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.




Wangari Maathai Quotes: "I'm sure that many people who are involved in an environmental effort ... they will be pretty much encouraged by this recognition."

I'm sure that many people who are involved in an environmental effort ... they will be pretty much encouraged by this recognition.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable."

The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "You can't reduce poverty in a vacuum. You are doing it in an environment."

You can't reduce poverty in a vacuum. You are doing it in an environment.




Wangari Maathai Quotes: "I think some of these solutions are prepared in an office without a full understanding of the local situation."

I think some of these solutions are prepared in an office without a full understanding of the local situation.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Nobody in the world is completely dependent on another person, but we are all interdependent."

Nobody in the world is completely dependent on another person, but we are all interdependent.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "When people can't use you, they ridicule what you represent. I was lucky that I understood that, because when one does not understand that, it is very easy to be broken and to be subdued."

When people can't use you, they ridicule what you represent. I was lucky that I understood that, because when one does not understand that, it is very easy to be broken and to be subdued.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Unfortunately, the issues of climate change, unlike many other issues, are very subtle because the changes we observe are very, very subtle."

Unfortunately, the issues of climate change, unlike many other issues, are very subtle because the changes we observe are very, very subtle.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival."

Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival.




Wangari Maathai Quotes: "And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now."

And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that dependency starts with the government."

I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that dependency starts with the government.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "All through the ages the African people have made efforts to deliver themselves from oppressive forces."

All through the ages the African people have made efforts to deliver themselves from oppressive forces.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to school and provide health."

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to school and provide health.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service"

As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly."

I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Culture defines who we are and how we see ourselves. A new attitude toward nature provides space for a new attitude toward culture and the role it plays in sustainable development"

Culture defines who we are and how we see ourselves. A new attitude toward nature provides space for a new attitude toward culture and the role it plays in sustainable development



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "The people are starving. They need food; they need medicine; they need education. They do not need a skyscraper to house the ruling party and a 24-hour TV station."

The people are starving. They need food; they need medicine; they need education. They do not need a skyscraper to house the ruling party and a 24-hour TV station.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Do not be naive. AIDS is not a curse from God to Africans or the black people. It is a tool to control them designed by some evil-minded scientists, but we may not know who particularly did it."

Do not be naive. AIDS is not a curse from God to Africans or the black people. It is a tool to control them designed by some evil-minded scientists, but we may not know who particularly did it.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."

Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "People are dynamic. They change, and soon as there are enough of you, things change [for a whole society]."

People are dynamic. They change, and soon as there are enough of you, things change [for a whole society].



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "There will always be people who think that you have ambitions."

There will always be people who think that you have ambitions.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger."

What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem."

The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.



Wangari Maathai Quotes: "Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong."

Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong.