Bob Brown Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.”

“For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.”

“I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.”

“I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.”

“I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.”

“There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.”

“Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, people who were 'wrong' in their own time, and think, 'Ah well.'”

“I am an optimist.”

“I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.”

“Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.”