Wangari Maathai Quotes

"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Country, Culture, Trees)

"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Difference, Trees, Will)

"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
(Related: Death, Life, Country, Man)

"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Development, Environment)

"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Ideas, Difference)

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Time, Women, Children, Waste)

"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Peace, Conflict, Connection, Democracy, Environment, Rights, Human rights, May, Obvious, Today)

"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Environment)

"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
(Related: Women, Fear, Strength, African, Silence)

"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."
- Wangari Maathai
(Related: Environment, Poor)