"We need to strengthen the conviction that we are one human family."
"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."
"There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself."
"We are not faced with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather one complex crisis which is both social and environmental."
"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?"
"What would induce anyone, at this stage, to hold on to power only to be remembered for their inability to take action when it was urgent and necessary to do so?"
"Yet all is not lost. Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start."
"I would like to enter a dialogue with all people about our common home."
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