#rests

But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#become #corruption #course #deeper #destroyed

I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#close #forests #i #jobs #know

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#combine #continent #deserts #dream #efforts

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. ↗

— Eric Massa

#against #am #district #doing #going

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#expect #often #people #rather #reputation

Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues. ↗

— David Miliband

#also #between #convergence #economic #interests

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#equal #interests #ninety-nine #only #person

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#actions #concern #far #himself #his

It's always the story that interests me. ↗

— Vincente Minnelli

#interests #me #story

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations. ↗

— Mario Monti

#against #because #citizens #close #debt