Tim DeChristopher Quotes - Page 2

• Excess consumption doesn't make people happy. We can continue to provide for our needs, but we can't continue the endless pursuit of ever more consumer goods. There is no energy source that can provide enough consumer goods to meet our human and emotional needs; there never has been, and that's why it's been such a fruitless pursuit.

  Tim DeChristopher

  Emotional, People, Energy

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• That's why there is such alienation, depression, and despair in our society - because the means we're employing doesn't lead to the ends we desire, no matter how hard we work, nor how much "stuff" we accumulate.

  Tim DeChristopher

  Mean, Despair, Desire

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I would never go to jail to protect animals or plants or wilderness. For me, it’s about the people.

  Tim DeChristopher

  Animal, Jail, People

  "What Love Looks Like". Interview with Terry Tempest Williams, orionmagazine.org. May 28, 2011.

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• With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful reaction against ourselves. But it undermines the moral legitimacy of our current government. That is the path we need to pursue. Rather than reinforcing their legitimacy we need to undermine their legitimacy.

  Tim DeChristopher

  Strong, Powerful, Government

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