A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life. Stewart Udall More Quotes by Stewart Udall More Quotes From Stewart Udall We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart Udall confused greatness power Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall nature air men America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space, and of an over-all environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight. Stewart Udall nature land america Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth! Stewart Udall wild-places sunset earth Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants. Stewart Udall business life long The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest Stewart Udall west real stories Admittedly, we must move ahead with the development of our land resources. Likewise, our technology must be refined. But in the long run life will succeed only in a life-giving environment, and we can no longer afford unnecessary sacrifices of living space and natural landscape to 'progress.' Stewart Udall sacrifice running moving If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go. Stewart Udall solitude land peace If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America. We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present. Stewart Udall eye decision america It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality. Stewart Udall government justice lying Each generation has its own rendezvous with the land, for despite our fee titles and claims of ownership, we are all brief tenants on this planet. By choice, or by default, we will carve out a land legacy for our heirs. Stewart Udall titles land choices I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled. Stewart Udall peace-with-god bed stories The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility. Stewart Udall limited-resources balance use Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission. Stewart Udall uranium-mining environment energy The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers. Stewart Udall opportunity country father Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea. Stewart Udall national-parks parks ideas Washington's a cesspool of money. Stewart Udall So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are. Stewart Udall government war people Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back. Stewart Udall wind-blowing energy people The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures. Stewart Udall brother native-american son
