Who said “We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much…”?

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Buckminster Fuller. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourcePresentation to U.S. Congressional Sub-Committee on World Game (1969)

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“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.”
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Fuller, B. (n.d.). We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/11599-we-are-not-going-to-be-able-to/

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Fuller, Buckminster. “We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/11599-we-are-not-going-to-be-able-to/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Fuller, Buckminster. “We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/11599-we-are-not-going-to-be-able-to/.