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"I'm just a tough old woman."
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"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub."
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"A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice."

"There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors."
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"All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone."
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"The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass."


"To be a friend of the Everglades is not necessarily to spend time wandering around out there."


"Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds."


"Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades."


"The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman."
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