Statements
"In James Bond movies, evil-doers meet in exotic settings to plot the destruction of the planet, but the people here were plotting to save the planet."
--Ecology Summit, Necker Island 2008
"Nothing can be achieved if people don’t work together… and you can’t get people to work together if they cannot form strong relationships"
--Richard Stromback, at Davos 2009
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“Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are “shaggy dog” stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“Nonwhite and working-class women, if they are ever to identify with the organized women’s movement, must see their own diverse experiences reflected in the practice and policy statements of these predominantly white middle-class groups.”
—Kimberly Crenshaw (b. 1959)
“We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not so much that men in high places lie, only that they do so with such indifference, so endlessly, still expecting to be believed. We are accustomed to the contempt inherent in the political lie.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)