Richard Nixon Quotes

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.

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn’t have to come at the expense of our economy’s bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn’t have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.

We need more emphasis on linking jobs and economic progress with environmental issues, and not allowing environmentally damaging industries to be brought into the country simply to provide employment. It's not easy to balance.

The old rules may say we can’t protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we’ve always used new technologies - we’ve used science; we’ve used research and development and discovery to make the old rules obsolete.

We need to be rid of the insane policy of environmentalism. No more 'green', anti-growth, anti-science environmental policy.

Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we grow sustainably, at some point we face catastrophe

We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's natural resources.

Our country's economy is strong, diversified, and resilient.

We do not have to choose between a healthy environment and a healthy economy.

Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

I think you can grow your economy and at the same time do a better job of harnessing greenhouse gases. I don't think you can expect any American leader to wreck the economy, nor as an ally and a friend of America and a trading partner of America should you want us to wreck our economy.

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.

We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

Every time we try to do something to improve the environment someone predicts that it will ruin the economy.

They go together, a strong environment and a strong economy. In Florida the environment is the economy.

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.

I think the rest of the world would like to tell us how to manage our own environment. And I think that anybody in America can tell you that we're best to decide what America should do.