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Quotes from Speech to Garden Club of America — Rachel Carson

1907–1964 United States

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The way is not made easy for those who would defend the public interest

Speech to Garden Club of America (1963)

As you listen to the present controversy about pesticides, I recommend that you ask yourself-Who speaks? And Why?

Speech to Garden Club of America (1963)

The battle for a sane policy for controlling unwanted species will be a long and difficult one. The publication of Silent Spring was neither the beginning nor the end of that struggle.

Speech to Garden Club of America (1963)

Above all, we must not be deceived by the enormous stream of propaganda that is issuing from the pesticide manufacturers and from industry-related-although ostensibly independent organizations.

Speech to Garden Club of America (1963)

There are other disturbing factors ... One is the growing interrelations between professional organizations and industry, and between science and industry.

Speech to Garden Club of America (1963)

The most hopeful sign is an awakening of strong public interest and concern. People are beginning to ask questions and to insist upon proper answers instead of meekly acquiescing in whatever spraying programs are proposed. This in itself is a wholesome thing.

Speech to Garden Club of America (1963)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rachel Carson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.