Conservation Quote by Simon Barnes

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

— Kevin Whately

There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at…

— Tom Hanks

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that don't want to see land set aside.

— Douglas Tompkins

“it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way is found…

— Edward Abbey

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The road to conservation is paved with good intentions that often prove futile, or even dangerous, due to a lack of understanding of either…

— Aldo Leopold

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The debris of civilization litters the landscapes and spoils the beaches. Conservation's concerns now is not only for man's enjoyment-but for man's survival.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

— Edward Abbey

The only sustainable city - and this, to me, is the indispensable ideal and goal - is a city in balance with its countryside.

— Wendell Berry

“The all-pervading disease of the modern world is the total imbalance between city and countryside, an imbalance in terms of wealth, power, culture, attraction…

— E.F. Schumacher