Conservation Quotes

“America must become more efficient in its use of energy.”

“The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.”

“Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can't rebuild ecology, or a giraffe.”

“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.”

“Protecting our environment is not a liberal or conservative value, it's a human value.”

“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”

“We have to move from a culture of consumption to a culture of conservation.”

“For me, the strongest arguments for saving birds and saving nature in general are spiritual and aesthetic, not economic.”

“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.”

“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.”

“The ivory trade must be stopped.”

“Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from our own species?”

“Protecting our environment and ensuring we have clean air and clean water is a responsibility we have for future generations.”

“Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.”

“Sharks are not the mindless eating machines that they're portrayed to be in the movies.”

“Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.”

“To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.”

“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.”

“Reform, that you may preserve.”

“When the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again.”