Tom Vilsack Quotes

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

It is not enough to celebrate the earth and all its inhabitants, we must restore what we have destroyed.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

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.

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

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'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

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.

On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.

Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.

I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

At the end of the 1990s, we decided we should invest our best efforts to work in a sustainable way with the ingredients that the Amazon produces.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

Giving my contribution to protect and respect the environment, as well as its inhabitants, makes me feel happy.

Protecting our environment and natural resources is necessary for both our planet and our economy.

God put the human race in charge of managing the resources of the entire planet for the benefit of all life. Therefore, we, of all people on this planet, should be concerned about environmental issues and doing what we can to enhance the beauty and productivity of the natural realm.

I see a future in which nature gives us a helping hand. Instead of destroying the natural world, why can't we use it to solve the kinds of problems that we are facing?

You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.

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

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.