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Conservation Quotes

Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good.

Gifford Pinchot (2017). “Gifford Pinchot: Selected Writings”, p.43, Penn State Press

Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1980). “Jimmy Carter”

What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

"The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

Gerald Durrell (1993). “The Aye-aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar”, p.161, Arcade Publishing

When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.

Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.24, Cambria Press

Life should be built on the conservation of energy.

Herbert M. Shelton (1996). “Living Life to Live It Longer”, p.34, Health Research Books

The sea is the universal sewer.

1971 Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 28 Jan.

Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.

Aldo Leopold (2013). “Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)”, p.473, Library of America

Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.

Aldo Leopold (1968). “A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There”, p.118, Oxford University Press