John Guillebaud quotes
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“We must not put pressure on people, but by providing information on the population and the environments, and appropriate contraception for everyone...doctors should help bring family size into the arena of environmental ethics, analogous to avoiding patio heaters and high carbon cars.”
-- John GuillebaudSource : "Limit families to two children 'to combat climate change'". www.telegraph.co.uk. July 24, 2008.
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“Should we now explain to UK couples who plan a family that stopping at two children, or at least having one less than first intended, is the simplest and biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet for our grandchildren?”
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“Having one less child is the biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet”
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“The effect on the planet of having one child less is an order of magnitude greater than all these other things we might do, such as switching off lights. The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help the future of the planet would be to have one less child.”
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“The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help the future of the planet would be to have one less child.”
-- John Guillebaud
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Source : "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-aged White Guy". Book by Adam Carolla, edition.cnn.com. 2010.
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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