Conservation Quotes

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.

By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

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.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation.

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation.

This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it.

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil.

I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.

I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil.

The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.

In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

After 16 months of teaching, consulting, fellowship, and special project activities on matters ranging from conservation to healthcare to international trade, Gov. Ventura appointed me to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption.

Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?

I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.