Sonny Perdue Quotes

My ultimate dream is for the Irvine Ranch to be known and celebrated as much for the outstanding communities we've planned and built as it is for what is not developed. The beneficiary being the 50,000 acres of undeveloped land that is now permanently preserved and conserved as Open Space and parklands.

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.

Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand

We should continue to mobilise against the destruction of the world's great habitats, and its terrifying implications. But the most persuasive argument we can make is to show we mean it, by restoring our own lost wonders.

I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away.

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.

When I first joined the Irvine Company, I realized that less than 11,000 acres were designated as open space in the original master plan, and that just didn't seem adequate to me. So, I began the lengthy process working with public and community organizations to add more open space.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

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.

President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.

Genetic design is something we can use to fight the lack of sustainability we humans are forcing on the earth's environment.

So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle.

The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on.

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.

We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships.