"Even an entire society, a nation, or..." - Quote by Karl Marx
Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations.
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More on Environment
“Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.”
“Without looking, then, to those extraordinary social influences which are now acting in precisely this direction, but only at whatis inevitably doing around us, I think we must regard the land as a commanding and increasing power on the citizen, the sanative and Americanizing influence, which promises to disclose new virtues for ages to come.”
“If your environment is not to your liking, change it!”
More on Responsibility
“It is often tragic to see how blatantly a man bungles his own life and the lives of others yet remains totally incapable of seeing how much the whole tragedy originates in himself, and how he continually feeds it and keeps it going.”
“The Creator gave us the complete, unchallengable right of prerogative over the one thing, and only thing we own, our mind.”
“You better get yourself together, darling, and join the human race.”