Edward Abbey Quotes

God Bless America

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

We've seen that if we do not pollute, then the environment becomes so beautiful.

Doing what's best for our kids means restoring balance, commonsense and conservation to the management of our natural resources.

The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people.

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.

I certainly wouldn't stand for policies that are gonna end up destroying America, this special place, because once this special place is destroyed and is no longer special, then where is everybody gonna go?

Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.

Even in America, people have said again and again that they would be willing to sacrifice for a cleaner environment.

Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely.

I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations.

I don't believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we have to do everything we can to protect it for future generations.

America is the greatest country in the world.

I live in America. I love being an American.

I believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

Creating mechanisms for ending deforestation and promoting regeneration of the environment is one of the most effective ways of achieving net-zero emissions.

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

I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

Unless action is taken soon - unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period - we will lose the treasure of California's open space and environmental beauty.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.