"Conservation is a state of harmony between men…" — Aldo Leopold
"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."
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136 Quotes by Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold has 136 quotes on this site.
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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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More Conservation Quotes
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one of 287 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.
— David Attenborough
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The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual…
— David Attenborough
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Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware…
— David Attenborough
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I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
— Jeff Bridges
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
— Edmund Burke
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I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of…
— Jimmy Carter
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Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy…
— Dick Cheney
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The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with…
— Joel Sartore
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I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the…
— Jacques Yves Cousteau
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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and,…
— Sylvia Earle
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Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad…
— Sylvia Earle
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Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.
— Sylvia Earle
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