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I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we're getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.

If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

The American system is a beautiful and durable thing, but flawed. I would like to think that this decadence is not sustainable, whether in the eyes of the electorate or the eyes of whatever the local economy is built on; that would bring me hope.

We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.

We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends.

We're grappling with the same issue facing all advanced economies - how to revive growth and distribute its fruits more fairly. An America that can tackle that problem head-on can perhaps help revive a stagnant global economy.