Knowledge empowers people with our most powerful tool: the ability to think and decide. There is no power for change greater than a child discovering what he or she cares about. (Speech about Global Warming read on the National Mall for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, 2010)

Seymour Simon
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"Knowledge empowers people with our most powerful tool: the ability to think and decide," said Ellen Ratner in her Earth Day speech. She was referring to our ability to make choices about what we care about and the knowledge we need to make those decisions. "There is no power for change greater than a child discovering what he or she cares about," she said. "We must keep our children in awe of the world they live in and of the possibilities it holds."

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