| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63256 |
| QUOTATION: | We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these tiny mechanisms provide the preconditions of our planetary life. To say we do not care is to say in the most literal sense that “we choose death.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Barbara Ward (1914–1981), British author, educator. “Only One Earth,” Who Speaks for Earth?, Ed. Maurice F. Strong (1973). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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