Nature Quotes by Aldo Leopold
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Aldo Leopold describes wilderness as a shrinking resource that defines America’s character. He argues that losing it would leave a nation with nothing worth defending, and that land should be treated as a community deserving respect. He also points out that true ethics protect the integrity, stability, and beauty of the living world.
![“There is value in any experience that reminds us of our dependency on the soil-plant-animal-man food chain [...] Civilization has so cluttered this elemental man-earth relation with gadgets and middlemen that awareness of it is growing dim. We fancy that industry supports us, forgetting what…” quote by Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/aldo-leopold-1278_food-chain_there-is-value-in-any-experience-that-re_1568266.png)
![“Our grandfathers were less well-housed, well-fed, well-clothed than we are. The strivings by which they bettered their lot are also those which deprived us of [Passenger] pigeons. Perhaps we now grieve because we are not sure, in our hearts, that we have gained by the exchange. The gadgets of…” quote by Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/aldo-leopold-1278_add_our-grandfathers-were-less-well-housed-w_2603683.png)
