much of what has been done in the name of progress and growth and development has been done without much regard for the effects on human beings-women, men and children-on water, air and soil, on our delicately balanced, intricately interconnected global ecology. (Bella Abzug)

much of what has been done in the name of progress and growth and development has been done without much regard for the effects on human beings-women, men and children-on water, air and soil, on our delicately balanced, intricately interconnected global ecology.

Bella Abzug

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