Prince Philip Quotations | Page 2

Who is going to be the first to face up to the need for self-restraint in the number of children brought into the world?

In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

The biggest waste of water in the country by far. You spend half a pint and flush two gallons.

We live in what virtually amounts to a museum - which does not happen to a lot of people.

And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith.

Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.

In the days when the nation depended on agriculture for its wealth it made the Lord Chancellor sit on a woolsack to remind him where the wealth came from. I would like to suggest we remove that now and make him sit on a crate of machine tools.

I don't claim to have any special interest in natural history, but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in the number of game animals and the need to adjust the cull to the size of the surplus population.

The conservation of nature, the proper care for the human environment and a general concern for the long-term future of the whole of our planet are absolutely vital if future generations are to have a chance to enjoy their existence on this earth

The world population 60 years ago was just over 2 billion and it's now more than 6 billion. This huge increase - an explosion really - has probably done more harm to the environment than anything else.