Occupation: Australian Senator Birth: December 27, 1944
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament..
The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we share this planet with, l….
The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet..
I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by ….
I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after..
We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million - that's a huge amount for a state elect….
I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy..
So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive. Our bodies and our minds are fash….
In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongs….
Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future..
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in….
I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything..
I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much..
The future will either be green or not at all..
Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as….
I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock..
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years..
We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls..
I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings..
We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has mo….
Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, p….