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Donella Meadows Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Donella Meadows
Type:
Environmentalist
Nationality:
American
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  • 1
    A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
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    A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
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    Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 4
    Clinton is a special defendant. He knew he was being videotaped, he could guess what would happen to that tape, he conducted himself accordingly. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 5
    Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 6
    Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 7
    George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 8
    I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 9
    If they can do these things to the most powerful person in the nation, they can do them to you or me. Dictatorships behave this way, not democracies. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 10
    In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 11
    The climate continues to deteriorate. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 12
    The European nations take climate change very seriously. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 13
    The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 14
    The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 15
    There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 16
    You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 17
    You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows
  • 18
    Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm. Donella-MeadowsDonella Meadows