Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, an American journalist and environmental activist, is best known for her tireless efforts to protect the Florida Everglades. Her work, particularly her landmark book The Everglades: River of Grass, helped raise awareness about the importance of preserving this unique ecosystem. Through her advocacy, Douglas inspired generations of environmentalists and activists to protect natural landscapes and fight for the conservation of vital habitats. Her legacy reminds us of the power of passionate advocacy and the importance of standing up for the environment.

"No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk."

Personal, Eyes, Poor, Talk

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"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

Talk,

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"Conservation is now a dead word."

Environment, Conservation, Now, Word

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"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."

Public, Water, Welfare

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"I'm just a tough old woman."

Old, Woman

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"All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind."

Attitude, Change, Mind

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"I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley."

College, Mind

1

"No one is satisfied with their life's work."

Life, Work

1

"I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just."

Age, Cause, Disability, Hair

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"There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them."

Earth, Nothing, World

3

"You have to stand up for some things in this world."

World,

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

Environment, Necessity, Talk

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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."

Fact, Light, Meaning, Water

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

Environment, Housekeeping, Thinking, Woman

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"It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere."

Man, Men, Women, Day

3

"I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this."

Mistake, Fault, Protest, Public

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

Friendship, Time, Friend

2

"They are unique in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life that they enclose."

Life, Diversity, Harmony, Simplicity

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"The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world."

Development, Wealth, Country, Lies