While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind. David R. Brower More Quotes by David R. Brower More Quotes From David R. Brower We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations. David R. Brower water-of-lifenaturethinking We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children. David R. Brower parentearthchildren I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible David R. Brower youngimpossiblepeople The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we. David R. Brower wild-placesnatureends Without wilderness, the world's a cage. David R. Brower wildernesscagesworld Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth. David R. Brower passionwinningart The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place. David R. Brower agriculturemachinesfuel Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this. David R. Brower luckmemorablerivers If you want to get people off drugs, improve reality. David R. Brower drugrealitypeople We still need conservationists who will attempt the impossible, achieving it because they aren't aware how impossible it is. David R. Brower achieveimpossibleneeds There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river. David R. Brower environmentalriversway All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent David R. Brower innocentguiltytechnology Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing. David R. Brower governmenthistoricalparent Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow. David R. Brower blowwindjobs Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground. David R. Brower scarmarkearth It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. David R. Brower environmentalwrecksenergy Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business. David R. Brower democracycountrypeople To me, a wilderness is where the flow of wildness is essentially uninterrupted by technology; without wilderness the world is a cage. David R. Brower technologyflowworld There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place! David R. Brower garbagestoresenvironmental Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever. David R. Brower foreverriversrunning
