Wangari Maathai quotes Born: 04/01/1940 Country: kenya

• 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. (Wangari Maathai) [women/fear/silence]
• All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. (Wangari Maathai) [god/god/spirit/life]
• I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance. (Wangari Maathai)
• In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. (Wangari Maathai) [resources/conflict/connection/human]
• It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa. (Wangari Maathai) [/difference]
• It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem. (Wangari Maathai) [matter/life/death/problem]
• 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. (Wangari Maathai) [time/god]
• There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting. (Wangari Maathai) [culture]
• We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible. (Wangari Maathai)
• We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment. (Wangari Maathai) [development/destroy]
• 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. (Wangari Maathai) [virus]
• Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve. (Wangari Maathai) [women/waste/time]

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