Aldo Leopold Quotes

6 quotes from 6 authors

Aldo Leopold’s ideas still echo in today’s conservation circles, and these six quotes bring his voice into debate. They touch on sportsman ethics, the mountain’s long view, and the tension between law and morality. For environmental philosophy or nature writing, check the 'Conservation Ethics' and 'Nature Essays' pages.

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When I speak of knowledge of nature, I do not mean industrial science, which argues that nature is inert and can be…

Kirkpatrick Sale

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Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like a mountain, with a sense of permanence…

Robert Bateman

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A minimal level of sportsman ethics afield is mandated by written law. Beyond that, say, when an action is legal but ethically…

David Petersen

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“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which…

Aldo Leopold

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My mom was a high school science teacher for decades. She just never made it feel like we had to choose between…

Anthony Doerr

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The Mexican gray wolves are actually responsible for the spark of legendary environmentalists Aldo Leopold and Ernest Seton. In both cases, the…

Joy Covey

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