She held up four big-knuckled fingers. “…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing….” She closed her fingers into a fist. “…without a ruler
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“Incidents like the eastern Illinois spraying raise a question that is not only scientific but moral. The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Once again we are walking in nature like an elephant In a china cabinet”
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“By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
“Idealizes life with only its head out of water, inches above the limit of toleration of the corruption of its own environment… Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal”
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