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We must undertake the struggle in all parts of the world, wherever we may be, because we have no other spare or replacement planet. We have only this one, and we have to take action.
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The quote calls for action everywhere, not just in one place, because humanity has no spare planet to move to if this one is damaged. “We have only this one” stresses the limits of our choices, while “we have to take action” presents the situation as requiring shared effort rather than delay or indifference.
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