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Wangari Maathai Quotes
«We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.»
Author: Wangari Maathai
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goodness, goodwill, humankind, intrinsic, man of the world, radiate, radiated, radiates, radiating, together, women, working man
«The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women and development in order to improve the quality of life of people in my country in particular and in the African region in general.»
Author: Wangari Maathai
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Africa, African, broaden, broadened, broadening, Broadens, encouraged, focus on, higher education, horizon, in particular, My Country, region
«Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.»
«All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.»
Author: Wangari Maathai
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unites
«African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.»
Author: Wangari Maathai
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liberated
«Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.»
«When you have the environment degraded, it is always so that we are going to fight over the few resources that are left.»
Author: Wangari Maathai
«You must not deal only with the symptoms. You have to get to the root causes by promoting environmental rehabilitation and empowering people to do things for themselves. What is done for the people without involving them cannot be sustained.»
Author: Wangari Maathai
«We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.»
Author: Wangari Maathai