Maurice Strong
Maurice Strong
Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC, FRS, FRAICwas a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth29 April 1929
CountryCanada
Maurice Strong quotes about
leader environmental important
Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.
responsibility civilization climate-change
Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?
government law play
Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule of law and the principle of taxation to finance agreed actions which provide the basis for governance at the national level. But this will not come about easily. Resistance to such changes is deeply entrenched. They will come about not through the embrace of full blown world government, but as a careful and pragmatic response to compelling imperatives and the inadequacies of alternatives.
fate sea islands
Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of misery.
commitment leader world
Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.
cells car doubt
Toyota was the first to put a commercial fuel cell powered car on the road, and I have no doubt that Toyota will continue to be in the front lines in the development of competitive fuel cell vehicles.
taken views wings
I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met.
world save-the-world saved
We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.
growth population needs
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.
taken fate prophet
I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.
may path another-chance
We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.
people needs purpose
My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.
please-me development agendas
What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.
cells japan car
In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.