Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through space.

Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.

We must have...a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.

...recognize and respect Earth's beautiful systems of balance, between the presence of animals on land, the fish in the sea, birds in the air, mankind, water, air, and land. Most importantly there must always be awareness of the actions by people that can disturb this precious balance.

We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.