Marjory Stoneman Douglas quotes

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them. (Marjory Stoneman Douglas)
All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind. View quote
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The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world. View quote
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Conservation is now a dead word. View quote
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Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades. View quote
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There is always the need to carry on. View quote
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You have to stand up for some things in this world. View quote
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The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass. View quote
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Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds. View quote
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I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just. View quote
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I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley. (Marjory Stoneman Douglas)
The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman. View quote
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No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk. View quote
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It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere. View quote
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You can't conserve what you haven't got. View quote
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I'm just a tough old woman. View quote
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I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat. View quote
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Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades. View quote
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No one is satisfied with their life's work. View quote
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To be a friend of the Everglades is not necessarily to spend time wandering around out there. View quote
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I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this. (Marjory Stoneman Douglas)
They are unique in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life that they enclose. View quote
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Sometimes, I tell them more than they wanted to know. View quote
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