Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life – all life. – Roger Tory Peterson
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. – Brian Mulroney
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. – Donella Meadows
There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place! – David R. Brower
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. – David R. Brower
It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it. – David R. Brower
Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught. – Victoria Principal
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. – Thomas Malthus
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. – Barry Commoner
Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it. – Barry Commoner
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. – William Bartram
People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. – Michael Pollan
We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital – the resource systems upon which we depend to live – instead of our human capital. – Paul Hawken
I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them. – Roger Tory Peterson
The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline. – Norm Dicks
Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes. – Cathy McMorris
Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy. – Michael Burgess
We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand. – Christopher Dodd
The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. – Dixie Lee Ray
Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything. – Dixie Lee Ray
