What Liberals Say » Civilization

Destroy western civilization.

Andrew Young — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:16:13 +0000

“[I]t may take the destruction of western civilization to allow the rest of the world to really emerge as a free and brotherly society . . . .”

We should be like the Indians.

Ted Turner — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:06:09 +0000

“The indigenous people were the ones who were right. I mean they had their own religion [not Christianity], their ethics, their own technology. We just went down the wrong road.”

Industrialized civilization must collapse.

Maurice Strong — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:44:41 +0000

“Isn’t it the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?”

Western Civilization must go.

Jesse Jackson — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:07:19 +0000

“Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western Civilization’s got to go!”

Biodiversity is more important than man.

David Foreman — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:29:52 +0000

“We advocate biodiversity for biodiversity’s sake. It may take our extinction to set things straight.”

Perhaps man should be extinct.

David Foreman — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:12:11 +0000

â€œ[M]an is no more important than any other species. . . It may well take our extinction to set things straight.â€