71 Quotes by Maurice Strong

It is the responsibility of each human being today to choose between the force of darkness and the force of light. We must therefore transform our attitudes, and adopt a renewed respect for the superior laws of Divine Nature.

What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.

Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of misery.

The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.

I am a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.

Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?

Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule of law and the principle of taxation to finance agreed actions which provide the basis for governance at the national level. But this will not come about easily. Resistance to such changes is deeply entrenched. They will come about not through the embrace of full blown world government, but as a careful and pragmatic response to compelling imperatives and the inadequacies of alternatives.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.