Dixie Lee Ray Professions : Former Governor of Washington Born : September 3, 1914 Died : January 2, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Dixie Lee Ray A nuclear-power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year. Dixie Lee Ray power science years Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot Dixie Lee Ray neglected woods garden Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that, when the truth comes out, it's buried in the back page or never makes it on the air at all. Dixie Lee Ray done air may The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of independent nations. The future is to be World Government with central planning by the United Nations. Fear of environmental crises - whether real or not - is expected to lead to - compliance Dixie Lee Ray world-government independent real We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so. Dixie Lee Ray feminist accepting Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything. Dixie Lee Ray radical environmental mankind There is a deliberate and quite outspoken attack on the whole idea of people owning private property. Dixie Lee Ray outspoken people ideas I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances. Dixie Lee Ray performances government believe No question about that, the radicals are in charge. Dixie Lee Ray radical It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment. Dixie Lee Ray our-world technology eye The organic material, as the laws of chemistry state, can neither be created nor destroyed. Dixie Lee Ray chemistry states law The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation. Dixie Lee Ray zero jobs reality Anything that the private sector can do, the government can do it worse. Dixie Lee Ray private-sector government can-do We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical. Dixie Lee Ray office decision giving Nature did not make me willowy. Dixie Lee Ray autobiography The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. Dixie Lee Ray environmental government goal I have confidence in people's basic common sense. Dixie Lee Ray common-sense confidence people They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death. Dixie Lee Ray recycling birth principles I think people are going to return to sanity when they see how ridiculous many of these charges are, and how the predictions are not borne out. Dixie Lee Ray return people thinking Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle. Dixie Lee Ray testicles breasts average Similar Authors Daniel J. Evans former-governor-of-washington Christine Gregoire former-governor-of-washington Mike Lowry former-governor-of-washington Roland H. Hartley former-governor-of-washington All Authors
