18 Quotes by Helen Caldicott

The massive quantities of radiation that would be released in a war fought with nuclear weapons might, over time, cause such great changes in the human gene pool that following generations might not be recognizable as human beings.

The future of our children is a trust we have been given. To conserve and grow, not to squander wastefully on needless excesses. The earth is a trust, to protect and to honor. Our home, our livelihood, our future rests in the quality of our stewardship. Let us become better stewards.

The power of an aroused public is unbeatable.

You’re going to have to change the priorities of your life, if you love this planet.

The whole world is being ‘deculturalized’ into a uniform ‘Coca-Cola society,’ wanting and needing an American way of life.

The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their ‘fix.’ Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power...

Politics is not really politics any more. It is run, for the most part, by Madison Avenue advertising firms, who sell politicians to the public the way they sell bars of soap or cans of beer.

As a doctor, as well as a mother and a world citizen, I wish to practice the ultimate form of preventive medicine by ridding the earth of these technologies that propagate disease, suffering, and death.

If the corporations have their way, the Earth will be killed, and that’s in your lifetime. It’s revolting to me that students are being trained to work in corporations. It’s obscene to me that the corporations are running the world. We’ve got to get cross. Anger is an appropriate emotion.