Quotes and Sayings about Fridays for Future

Change the System! Not the Climate!

We can't save the world by playing by the rules. Because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change. And it has to start today.

We all have a choice. We can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations. Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.

We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.

There can be no lasting prosperity for our people, if we do not protect our planet.

There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.

The natural world can continue to surprise us as long as we give it space to thrive.

To love the world is to be afflicted.

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

Protecting the climate and nature is one of the biggest challenges of our time that we can only tackle together.

In my view, we've already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis. We can't wait any longer. We see it with our own eyes. We feel it. We know it in our bones. And it's time to act!

Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.

I don't accept the Republicans' argument that boldly addressing climate change and having the world's strongest economy are incompatible. I believe that the exact opposite of that is true. Tackling our climate challenges will provide us with the opportunity to grow our economy, protect public health, and propel the United States to become the world leader in green innovation in the 21st century.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

This ongoing irresponsible behavior will no doubt be remembered in history as one of the greatest failures of humankind.

For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.

This is money well spent. If we ignore climate change, it's gonna cost us a lot more.

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

We are being choked to death by the amount of plastic that we throw away. It's killing our oceans. It's entering into our bodies in the fish we eat.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

I don't understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature, we call it progress.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

Something will have gone out of us as a people, if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Marshall: "If economic sanctions and trade-restrictions aren't enforced, the destruction of the rainforest will continue and over a million species will be wiped out!"
Ted: "So you don't want coffee?"

Earth's tombstone may be like:
"Everyone wanted the best - for themselves."

Today we strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza. The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected.

Today as always, it's important to watch out for those who only listen to the uncomfortable truth when it fits in their agenda. To tackle this crisis, cherry picking some aspects, taking things out of context and ignoring the rest will lead us nowhere.

I've learned that you are never too small to make a difference.

Can't change the world by following all the rules.

Hermione: "I mean, it's sort of exciting isn't it? Breaking the rules."
Ron: "Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?"

No one is above the law, everybody ought to be held accountable.

We will never declare a ceasefire. We are not worried about any sanctions.