Bob Edgar
(1943-2013)

Politician, Chaplain, Social Change Advocate
President, Common Cause

birthdate: May 29
birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennyslvania

QUOTES

We literally live in a world that's different from the world we were born into. And we're the first generation that gets not to predict its future; we are the first generation that gets to live its future, change its future; if we make the wrong mistakes, the nuclear issue, we'll destroy the future; if we don't address the issues of climate change and global warming, drip by drip we will destroy not only our future but the future of future generations.

“We need to stand up when others tell us to sit down, and we need to speak out when others tell us to be silent”

“It is unacceptable for us to sit idly by as people die. This is true whether it is in the Deep South or Darfur, Sudan. This genocide is one of the great horrors of our day, and we urge people of conscience everywhere to take action now before events force us to one day have to confess our sin of negligence and complicity.”

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