I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

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The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

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The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

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The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

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However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

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