"The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to……" — Gifford Pinchot
"The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time."
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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 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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