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"Unbowed" Quotes

Wangari Maathai's memoir "Unbowed" recounts her journey as an environmentalist and political activist in Kenya.

Quotes

The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.

Wangari Maathai

environmentresponsibility

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself, that values itself, that understands itself.

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self-awarenessempowerment

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference.

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citizenshipaction

I will be a hummingbird; I will do the best I can.

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perseverancedetermination

The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves.

Wangari Maathai

environmenteconomy

It is the people who must save the environment. It is the people who must make their leaders change.

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environmentleadership

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

Wangari Maathai

perseveranceresponsibility

We must not tire. We must not give up. We must persist.

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perseverance

It's the little things that citizens do that will make the difference.

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citizenshipaction

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

Wangari Maathai

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