Steve Bullock Quotes

Attention! Land Thieves and Natural Resources Grabbers …. Under [Theodore] Roosevelt any doubt about the power of the Chief Executive to make withdrawals of public land was resolved in favor of the people.

The federal government needs to do a much better job of managing our resources, but the sale or transfer of our land is an extreme proposal, and I won't tolerate it.

Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures.

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.

Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.

I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.

We can't begin to feed ourselves with a local-centric system if we lock up land in royal manor models.

The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

No man should have proprietary rights over land who does not use that land wisely and lovingly.

Utah today remains a battleground for land-use policies.

What I like about land is I can drive out and check on it. It doesn't go anywhere. It's hard to steal land.

When I was operating as one of President Reagan's economic advisers, an early assignment was to analyze the federal government's landholdings and make recommendations about what to do with them. This was a big job. These lands are vast, covering an area six times that of France.

When Ronald Reagan was elected president for his first term in 1980, he received strong support from the so-called Sagebrush Rebels. The Rebels wanted lands owned by the federal government to be transferred to state governments.

One does not sell the land upon which the people walk.

The purchasers of public lands are among the most useful of our fellow citizens …. Under the system of sales, matured as it has been by experience, and adapted to the exigencies of the times, the lands will continue as they have become, an abundant source of revenue.

The Great American Outdoors Act is landmark conservation legislation to protect our public lands, including right here in New Jersey.

I will protect public lands.

I will work tirelessly to ensure our public lands are managed and preserved in a way that benefits everyone for generations to come.

Land tenure is key to protecting land rights. The Central and State governments should have accessible systems for registering, tracking and protecting land rights, including customary rights and common property resources.

If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale.

I've been very clear all along that public lands must stay in public hands.

When more land is locked up by the federal government, real people suffer, and opportunities for future prosperity are reduced.

This land is made for you and me.

The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air—it is a right proclaimed by their very existence.

No man should be allowed to own any land he does not use.