“ All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish. ”
- Aldo Leopold- Copy
- 44
“ We have so many labor-saving devices today that we go broke keeping them repaired. Everything is easier, but requires greater maintenance. ”
- Lorne Sanny- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
- 3K
“ This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts. ”
- Dirk Kempthorne- Copy
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“ Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. ”
- Gifford Pinchot- Copy
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“ There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ The purpose of conservation: the greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time. ”
- Gifford Pinchot- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Conservation is a foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forest, waters, lands and minerals, for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time. ”
- Gifford Pinchot- Copy
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“ Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse. ”
- Seneca- Copy
- 284
“ Stewart Udall, more than any other single person, was responsible for reviving the national commitment to conservation and environmental preservation. ”
- Bruce Babbitt- Copy
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“ Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of coal and permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power. ”
- Jimmy Carter- Copy
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“ As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them. ”
- Louis Bromfield- Copy
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“ Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Conservatism is the maintenance of conventions already in force. ”
- Thorstein Veblen- Copy
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“ Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources. ”
- J. D. Hayworth- Copy
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“ The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
- 1.2K
“ A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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“ For the first time, the cost of the conservation and efficiency tax incentives exceeds the incentives for domestic oil production. ”
- Pete Domenici- Copy
- 364
“ We'd like to see them improve and I believe that (China) would, too,... The question is if we can find ways to do it that are comfortable from both nations' standpoint. ”
- Donald Rumsfeld- Copy
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“ The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. ”
- Gaylord Nelson- Copy
- 1.5K
“ The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency. ”
- Gifford Pinchot- Copy
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“ Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day. ”
- Gifford Pinchot- Copy
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“ For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal. ”
- Carl Bernstein- Copy
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“ Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good. ”
- Gifford Pinchot- Copy
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“ The meeting wrapped up with the agreement of the group that all the conservation practices that we had last year be offered again for the 2006 program. ”
- Tom Holt- Copy
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