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Top 25 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quotes (2025 Update)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “You have to stand up for some things in this world.”

1. “You have to stand up for some things in this world.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “You can’t conserve what you haven’t got.”

2. “You can’t conserve what you haven’t got.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.”

3. “The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.”

4. “Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “There must be progress, certainly. But we must ask ourselves what kind of progress we want, and what price we want to pay for it. If, in the name of progress, we want to destroy everything beautiful in our world, and contaminate the air we breathe, and the water we drink, then we are in trouble.”

5. “There must be progress, certainly. But we must ask ourselves what kind of progress we want, and what price we want to pay for it. If, in the name of progress, we want to destroy everything beautiful in our world, and contaminate the air we breathe, and the water we drink, then we are in trouble.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “There are no other Everglades in the world.”

6. “There are no other Everglades in the world.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.”

7. “All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “There is always the need to carry on.”

8. “There is always the need to carry on.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass.”

9. “The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass.”

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “It is a woman’s business to be interested in the environment. It’s an extended form of housekeeping.”

10. “It is a woman’s business to be interested in the environment. It’s an extended form of housekeeping.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “I take advantage of every thing I can – age, hair, disability – because my cause is just.”

11. “I take advantage of every thing I can – age, hair, disability – because my cause is just.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “Conservation is now a dead word.”

12. “Conservation is now a dead word.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.”

13. “The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds.”

14. “Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “No one is satisfied with their life’s work.”

15. “No one is satisfied with their life’s work.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them.”

16. “There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “Elizabeth Rothra’s excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No one knew better than he the history of the plants and animals of South Florida or conveyed it with more humor and enthusiasm.”

17. “Elizabeth Rothra’s excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No one knew better than he the history of the plants and animals of South Florida or conveyed it with more humor and enthusiasm.”

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.”

18. “The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “Whoever wants me to talk, I’ll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.”

19. “Whoever wants me to talk, I’ll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.”

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “I’ll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat.”

20. “I’ll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “It’s a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.”

21. “It’s a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “I’m just a tough old woman.”

22. “I’m just a tough old woman.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.”

23. “I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.”

24. “No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.”

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “There is nothing inherently wrong with a brain in your nineties. If you keep it fed and interested, you’ll find it lasts you very well.”

25. “There is nothing inherently wrong with a brain in your nineties. If you keep it fed and interested, you’ll find it lasts you very well.”

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote: “Since 1972, I’ve been going around making speeches on the Everglades.”

26. “Since 1972, I’ve been going around making speeches on the Everglades.”

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