I think Americans are so poor it's pitiful, because you don't understand the natural world at all.
Bill MollisonIf you're a simple person today, and want to live simply, that is awfully seditious. And to advise people to live simply is more seditious still.
Bill MollisonWhat is proposed herein is that we have no right, nor any ethical justification, for clearing land or using wilderness while we tread over lawns, create erosion, and use land inefficiently. Our responsibility is to put our house in order. Should we do so, there will never be any need to destroy wilderness.
Bill Mollison