Environment Quotes

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Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also… — Rachel Carson
As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life. — Rachel Carson
We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely… — Rachel Carson
For mankind as a whole, a possession infinitely more valuable than individual life is our genetic heritage, our link with past and future... Yet genetic… — Rachel Carson
Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we're challenged, as mankind has never been… — Rachel Carson
I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many. — Theodore Roosevelt
The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.… — Rachel Carson
The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Who has the right to decide that the supreme value is a world without insects even though it would be a sterile world ungraced by… — Rachel Carson
Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for… — Rachel Carson
I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley… — Theodore Roosevelt
The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. — Rachel Carson
The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the… — Rachel Carson
For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind. — Archie Carr
I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Nothing comes free. Nothing. Not even good, especially not good. — Lyndon B. Johnson
The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while… — Theodore Roosevelt
Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people today, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we… — Theodore Roosevelt
Local conservation programs can help our communities shape thoughtful growth. — Will Rogers
How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease… — Rachel Carson

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