"By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water." ― Aeschylus Topic(s): Environmental Tags: clear, polluting, water More From Aeschylus "Whoever is new to power is always harsh." "He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." "For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight." More In Environmental "In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it’s for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again."― David Suzuki "Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation."― Sherwood Boehlert "Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic."― James Buchan