A Quote by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

We're not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the birds. We're protecting it for our own sake.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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Birds Environment Fishes Our Own Protecting Sake

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
American - Host
Born: January 17, 1954

We do not face a choice between protecting our environment or protecting our economy. We face a choice between protecting our economy by protecting our environment - or allowing environmental havoc to create economic havoc.

Robert Rubin

We are very clear that we will go to any lengths for the sake of protecting our national pride.

Rajnath Singh

If we're not protecting our women and we're not protecting our girls and we're not protecting the most vulnerable people in this society, who are we as a country?

Deb Haaland

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

David Suzuki

Who is Jack Dorsey protecting? Who are the social media companies protecting when they ban people for reporting facts about Islamic Jihad and Sharia in America? Who? Who are they protecting? Islamic terrorists, that's who they're protecting.

Laura Loomer

Listen, the environmental movement is not about protecting the fishes and the birds so much as recognizing that nature is the infrastructure of our communities ... If you're saying the values that drive the environmental movement are uncool and antithetical to America, then I would argue just the opposite. If you think being patriotic is not cool, I'd say that's not true either. I'd say the most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

America spends billions of dollars protecting the borders of other countries around the world. It's high time we start protecting our own.

Kellyanne Conway

The Daoist appeal to simplicity can be very appealing to the many of us who feel that contemporary life is overwhelming. "Less is more" can be a call to identify what it is we really need and appreciate doing for its own sake, as opposed to what we have been socialized into wanting, often to our detriment, or becoming consumed by activity that we would never do for its own sake but only for the sake of something else.

David Wong

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

I write Not For the sake of glory Not For the sake of fame Not For the sake of success But for the sake of my soul

Rachel

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

Loretta Lynch

We have to make our economy work for everyone - not just those at the top - protecting our country and protecting our planet.

Hillary Clinton

The fact of the matter is our homes are on the frontlines when it comes to protecting and conserving our critical water resources - more than that, they are also key to protecting our health.