Bob Brown Quotes

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
Bob Brown

Successful, Behind

For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
Bob Brown

Democracy, Action, Earth

I am an optimist.
Bob Brown

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
Bob Brown

Person, Whom, Met

I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.
Bob Brown

Talk, Difficult, Himself

I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.
Bob Brown

Time, Long, Die

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.
Bob Brown

Change, Great, Character

I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.
Bob Brown

Democracy, Media, Worried

I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.
Bob Brown

Faith, Great, Human

The future will either be green or not at all.
Bob Brown

Future, Either, Green

The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.
Bob Brown

Business, Here, Longer

There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.
Bob Brown

Technology, Australia, Solar

There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.
Bob Brown

Good, Whether, Simply

We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.
Bob Brown

Big, Universe, Earth

Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, people who were 'wrong' in their own time, and think, 'Ah well.'
Bob Brown

Life, Time, Wrong

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.
Bob Brown

News, Planet, Global

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.
Bob Brown

Few, Wealth, Reaction

I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.
Bob Brown

Politics, Democracy, Talent

I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by which I mean accepting all that I don't know.
Bob Brown

God, Mean, Universe

I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.
Bob Brown

Change, Time, Hope

In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world.
Bob Brown

Happiness, Future, Young

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Politician

Born: December 27, 1944

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