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Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

There is a growing recognition of the importance of really bringing pollution under control.

The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will.

I always saw pollution as theft, and I always thought, 'Why should somebody be able to pollute the air, which belongs to all of us, or destroy a river or a waterway, which is supposed to belong to the whole community?'

We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?

So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet.

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

God put the human race in charge of managing the resources of the entire planet for the benefit of all life. Therefore, we, of all people on this planet, should be concerned about environmental issues and doing what we can to enhance the beauty and productivity of the natural realm.