Century Quote by William Howard Taft

We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I foresee the time when industry shall no longer denude the forests which require generations to mature, nor use up the mines which were…

— Henry Ford

Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.

— Julius Sterling Morton

The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.

— George Perkins Marsh

We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent have already…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

— Isaac Asimov

Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees... We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted…

— Julius Sterling Morton

Our global forests are the lungs of the world, and protecting them is fundamental for our survival. When we hand these forests over to…

— Edward Davey

Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are…

— John Muir

If youre a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done,…

— Al Gore

We've all got to come together, and we've got to protect what's left of our ancient forests on this planet.

— Stella McCartney

Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get…

— Henry Ford