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In Kenya women are the first ...

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

For me, one of the major reas...

For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

It's a matter of life and dea...

It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

We need to promote developmen...

We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

You cannot blame the mismanag...

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

African women in general need...

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

I don't really know why I car...

I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

Some say that AIDS came from ...

Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

Sometimes we become bound by ...

Sometimes we become bound by other people's thoughts because we are not sure about ourselves.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

I want to do the right things...

I want to do the right things - I want to plant trees, I want to make sure that the indigenous forests are protected because I know, whatever happens, these are the forests that contain biodiversity, these are the forests that help us retain water when it rains and keep our rivers flowing, these are the forests that many future generations will need.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

The way in which we can promo...

The way in which we can promote peace, is by promoting sustainable management of our resources, equitable distribution of these resources, and that the only way you can actually do that, is that then you have to have a political, economic system that facilitates that. And then you get into the issues of human rights, justice, economic justice, social justice, and good governance or democratic governance. That's how it ties up.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

Nobody in the world is comple...

Nobody in the world is completely dependent on another person, but we are all interdependent.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

I have always felt that perha...

I have always felt that perhaps women have sometimes almost embraced the same values as men, and the same character as men, because they are in the men's world, and they are trying to fit into a system that men have created. And maybe in truth when there is a critical mass of women who play that role in governments, then we will see whether women can really manage power in a way that is less destructive than the way that men have used power.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

The developed world should be...

The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

If you make mistakes that is ...

If you make mistakes that is alright because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from learning, failing and rising again.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

In the course of history, the...

In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.

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It's the little things citize...

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

I think what the Nobel commit...

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

When I first started, it was ...

When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

I know there is pain when saw...

I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.

Wangari Maathai 133 quotes

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