When a man says to me, “I have the intensest love of nature,” at once I know that he has none. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1857

A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment. – L. Ron Hubbard

The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself. – Henry Fairlie, quoted in Conservation Foundation Letter, November 1981

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? – Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985