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> [Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best tradition and example of land conservation in the world. It goes back a long way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/despite-my-great-disappointment-in-american-foreign-policy-i-am-very/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

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## More by Douglas Tompkins

> [It doesn't seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/it-doesn-t-seem-to-be-worth-wasting-a-lot-of-energy-on-attempting-to/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/every-single-national-park-had-some-component-of-private-philanthropy/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [The byproduct of the main thrust to protect the biodiversity of a given place is that you get especially young people out to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/the-byproduct-of-the-main-thrust-to-protect-the-biodiversity-of-a/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [I tell myself to hurry up, that I have to do everything before death catches me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/i-tell-myself-to-hurry-up-that-i-have-to-do-everything-before-death/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/if-you-re-not-willing-to-take-the-political-heat-then-you-shouldn-t/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [I don't think capitalism can survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/i-don-t-think-capitalism-can-survive/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [I don't have a cell phone because I know how horrible it is. Using your cell phone is like putting your head in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/i-don-t-have-a-cell-phone-because-i-know-how-horrible-it-is-using/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature's wisdom as a template for our economic systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/resource-efficiency-is-the-wrong-metric-we-should-use-nature-as-the/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/despite-my-great-disappointment-in-american-foreign-policy-i-am-very/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [For those of us (those that have the desire to explore the world unknown) that grew up going out into the wilds of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/for-those-of-us-those-that-have-the-desire-to-explore-the-world/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [Fashion is one of the most intellectually vacuous industries. We had to manufacture desires to get people to buy our products. We were selling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/fashion-is-one-of-the-most-intellectually-vacuous-industries-we-had/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [Once we establish an architectural style in each park, we stick with it religiously and comprehensively so that it comes out as a gestalt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/once-we-establish-an-architectural-style-in-each-park-we-stick-with/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [I just realized at least what I was doing was making a lot of stuff that nobody needed and pushing a consumerist society. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/i-just-realized-at-least-what-i-was-doing-was-making-a-lot-of-stuff/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [As we get sucked more and more into the technosphere, we become less and less capable of understanding it because it becomes a technological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/as-we-get-sucked-more-and-more-into-the-technosphere-we-become-less/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

> [There's no doubt whatsoever that there's no future in capitalism. It's probably no more than 500 years old, and it's demonstrating over and over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-tompkins/there-s-no-doubt-whatsoever-that-there-s-no-future-in-capitalism-it-s/)

[Douglas Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-tompkins/)

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