"As far as the environment is concerned, I am becoming pessimistic because I do not see anybody stepping up and taking the long view approach. It seems like we're stuck in a tragedy of the commons where everyone is trying to contribute as little as possible to get out of this situation."

-- Frans de Waal

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“The fact that other countries spy on their own people or spy on each other does not address the fact that the US is engaged in massive, bulk collection to the tune of 70.3 million telecommunicationsÂ a month in France of perfectly innocent people. That has nothing to do with protecting the United States, and has nothing to do with really gathering any kind of meaningful intelligenceÂ on France. It is an overreach ... and I think the other countries are justifiably outraged .... As one of our founders said: Those who choose between liberty and security deserve neither.”
“God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.”
“One of the beauties of working in radio is the way a whole setting can be richly evoked simply by the addition to the track of a little birdsong and a church bell in the distance.”
“In the end it's the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia's changed inexorably for good, for the better.”
“I'm not good with catty girls. I'm too laid-back.”
“I generally find subtlety a waste of time.”

Source : Cindy Gerard (2007). “To the Brink”, p.45, Macmillan
“I canâ€™t imagine it now, but I mustâ€™ve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby donâ€™t just get itself born bad, do it?”
“American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.”

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