Aspect Quote by John F. Kennedy

The national park idea has been nurtured by each succeeding generation of Americans. Today, across our land, the National Park System represents America at…

— George B. Hartzog Jr

National Parks are a part of the American experience. They evoke memories of childhood vacations and pride in the beauty of our national landscapes.…

— Will Hurd

Civilization in our time is driven by materialism and troubled by pollution, over-population, corruption, and violence. National parks can hardly be uncoupled from the…

— Michael Frome

The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide…

— Stewart Udall

National parks are the best expression of social equity that there is. It's like paying our rent for living on the planet.

— Douglas Tompkins

There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is important that the remaining scenic areas of the country be at once made into State or National Parks. Fortunately there still are…

— Enos Mills

The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

National parks are cathedrals of spirituality and emotion, and unfortunately, they are being loved to death by many of the same people who enjoy…

— Michael Frome

The byproduct of the main thrust to protect the biodiversity of a given place is that you get especially young people out to the…

— Douglas Tompkins

A national park is not a playground. It's a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature's own terms.

— Michael Frome

The parks are our national treasures, and they must be shown more respect, not only by visitors but also the people who run them.

— Michael Frome