All THEODORE ROOSEVELT Quotes about “Conservation”

“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.”
“Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us.”
“There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value. Conservation means development as much as it does protection.”
“The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.”
“Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us.”
“And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they hover in a shifting maze above the beach -- why, the loss is like the loss of a gallery of the masterpieces of the artists of old time.”
“Conservation means development as much as it does protection. A man's usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.”
“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.”
“Conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation, and that our first and greatest task is to set our house in order and begin to live within our means.”
“Conservation means development as much as it does protection.”
“Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us to restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method.”
“The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life.”
“Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future.”
“Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.”

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