Quotation by Chris Patten

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
Chris Patten (b. 1944), British Conservative politician. Independent (London, April 19, 1989).

Patten was secretary of state for the environment at the time.
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