Technological civilization… rests fundamentally on power-driven machinery which transcends the physical limits — Charles A. Beard
The civilized nations–Greece, Rome, England–have been sustained by the primitive forests which — Henry David Thoreau
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests — Samantha Power
Any big organization can be subverted by governments or multinational special interests. — Arlo Guthrie