Futures Together Quotes

• We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

  Barbara Jordan

  Community, Together, Done

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• Even if we planted a tree on every square yard available in the planet by the end of the century we would only capture at most 10 percent of the CO2 we need to reduce. This does not mean that we should not plant trees; we should, for biodiversity's sake, and for our long-term future together with the other species.

  Graciela Chichilnisky

  Mean, Squares, Long

  "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.

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• In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together.

  Louis-Ferdinand Celine

  Real, Past, Tragedy

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• We can't own each other's past. The questioin is whether we have a future together.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Past, Together

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• For a moment, Percy actually remembered what it was like to be happy. He had an amazing girlfriend. They could have a future together.

  Rick Riordan

  Girlfriend, Together, Moments

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.261, Penguin UK

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• I believe we can seize this future together, because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. [...] We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions. [...] We are and forever will be the United States of America. [...] We will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Ambition, America

  Obama's victory speech, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. November 7th, 2012.

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• American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe. This spread of obesity foreshadows an explosion in degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer waiting to erupt in our children's future. Together we can stop this tragedy from ever happening.

  Joel Fuhrman

  Children, Cancer, Heart

  Joel Fuhrman, M.D. (2010). “Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right”, p.23, Macmillan

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• When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.

  Charlie Crist

  Heart, Caring, Leader

  Charlie Crist, Ellis Henican (2014). “The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat”, p.7, Penguin

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• We can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests.

  Barack Obama

  Together, Politics, Divided

  Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

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