"A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that……" — Aldo Leopold
"A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct"
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Aldo Leopold
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136 Quotes by Aldo Leopold
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All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of…
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The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward…
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Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.
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Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.
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There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.
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Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and…
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No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.
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Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation's character and health than they will to its pocketbook,…
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Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.
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For unnumbered centuries of human history the wilderness has given way. The priority of industry has become dogma. Are we…
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The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather…
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Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility.…
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
— Aesop
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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
— Tony Campolo
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The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative…
— Barbara Jordan
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When 20,000 people applaud you as you walk out to do your job, it should be an inspiration.
— Jim Brosnan
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In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both…
— Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Common education standards are essential for producing the educated work force America needs to remain globally competitive. This voluntary state…
— Craig R. Barrett
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!
— Augustus
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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money…
— Horace
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If you think is was an accident, applaud.
— Geraldo Rivera
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We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
— William Hazlitt
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Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time,…
— Rachel Naomi Remen
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As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities…
— Kimberly Yee
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