Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

Conservation is an American value, and it is lacking from this bill.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

Ecological policy rejects exploitative forms of economy and the unscrupulous plundering of natural resources and raw materials, as well as the destructive interventions into nature's ability to renew itself. We believe that the exploitation of nature as well as human beings must be stopped if we are to master this acute threat to life on earth.

Everyone realizes that we have to clean up the environment, but no one likes the cost.

How can you save the rain forests, the planet's wildlife, without funds?

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it.

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

The forests shall not be burned needlessly.

We must give everyone a stake in the World’s environment.

Conservation must become before recreation.

Conservation is not without a cost.

The free market should not include the right to pollute our environment.