Bob Brown

I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes. ”

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many. ”

We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being. ”

For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament. ”

I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community. ”

I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much. ”

I'm suggesting that the prohibition on people who survive on money coming from government, that includes pensioners and public servants, standing for Parliament - it's absurd. ”

The world's moving; people move around the world. A lot of people coming to this country have terrific talent to bring to the country - not just in business and in the professions but in Parliament as well. And we need some failsafe system so that, right at the outset, they are aware that they have to drop any other citizenship. ”

The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now. ”

In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world. ”