"It is a greater thing to be a……" — Gifford Pinchot
"It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat,"
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21 Quotes by Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot has 21 quotes on this site.
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I ran into the gigantic and gigantically wasteful lumbering of great Sequoias, many of whose trunks were so huge they…
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By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a…
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The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities.
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The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to…
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I had no more conception of what it meant to be a forester than the man in the moon....But at…
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Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of…
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I have been governor every now and then, but I am a forester all the time.
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Innovations never happen as planned.
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World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the…
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Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure…
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The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency
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Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men
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More Citizen Quotes
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one of 869 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
— Bashar al-Assad
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I am proud of my husband, Marcus, the love of my life, and his Swiss heritage. Even though I have…
— Michele Bachmann
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People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the…
— Michele Bachmann
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
— Francis Bacon
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As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who…
— David Baldacci
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I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.
— Antonio Banderas
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You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these…
— Charles A. Beard
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I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to…
— Warren Beatty
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I'm a happy person but an angry citizen.
— Lewis Black
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The law is not a 'light' for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument…
— Robert Bolt
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in…
— Barbara Boxer
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