"The object of our forest policy is not……" — Gifford Pinchot
"The object of our forest policy is not to preserve the forests because they are beautiful-or because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness-but the making of prosperous homes-every other consideration becomes secondary."
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21 Quotes by Gifford Pinchot
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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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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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