What about sunrise?
What about rain?
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain?
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Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before?
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
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What have we done to the world?
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son?
- Michael Jackson, Earth song
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We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as other creatures do - Barbara Ward
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Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures - Gaylord Nelson