Ecological Balance Quotes
See Thomas Paine for a contemporary similar view and Auguste Comte for an earlier statement of the consequences of the contrary.
Bush was a poor orator with a very limited command of the English language although he was quite bright and well educated. He was speaking to an audience which was very concerned about the survival of fish stocks in the Midwestern rivers and lakes and others who fished for a living or sport. Limiting fishing rights hurt the latter group and not doing so further diminished the fish stocks which were already in peril from over fishing and other factors. Bush wanted to say that there were opportunities for humans to fish and the fish stocks to thrive if there could be compromises. But the phrase that came from his mouth missed the mark and produced another gaff in his collection.
This is one of the best short quotations about the conflict between freedom and equality or fairness. Economically, if large companies and monopolies are totally free and unregulated, they often prey upon the small companies and consumers and the community in general. Regulation restricts the freedom of the regulated entities and inhibits investment and growth.
Sheridan was essentially right. With the Bison no longer available for hunting, the plains Indians had to depend on agriculture and settle on reservations or assimilate and integrate into white society. There was no specific policy to destroy the great buffalo herds, but the railroads allowed meat and the hides to be shipped East and sold for large profits for the companies who organized hunters and paid well for the buffalo. The overhunting and lack of any conservation principles soon led to the disappearance of the herds and almost made the Bison extinct. Today, we have built up some herds and they are being raised like cattle again providing meat and hides for man’s use. It is too bad that these techniques were not known then, as that could have been a terrific industry for the Indians although ranching was contrary to their then existing culture.
He never actually set foot in Maryland but governed through deputies.
There were some people and corporations that wanted to open up the Grand Canyon for mining.
This is one of the early environmental statements.
As global warming affects our entire planet, Plant pests and diseases travel North at a rate of 2 miles a year moving from the colder climates into the warmer ones where they now can thrive while they could not before the warming. That, in turn, changes the mix of trees and plants as well as distribution and range of many animals. The same thing happens in the Southern hemisphere only the warmer areas expand South rather than North.
