Dennis Weaver Quotes

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

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

Indeed, the economy and the environment need not be seen in opposition.

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

… work [jobs] and the environment should not be played off against each other.

We can be pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-environment.

We, as a country, have always used innovative technology to advance environmental stewardship, reduction of those pollutants, but also grown our economy at the same time.

We're saying environmental stewardship and jobs in the economy. We can do both together.

We should not have to choose between supporting jobs and supporting the environment.

It would be a mistake to believe that environmental protection and economic growth are mutually exclusive.

I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.

We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

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.

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

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.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

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

Building a 'Green Gabon' has always been a central pillar of my government, and in 2014, I introduced a new legal framework that puts environmental protection and sustainable development firmly at the heart of our future economic growth.

I agree on the need for environmental sustainability. It is no good raising gross national income while at the same time destroying natural assets.

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

Yes, the Green Party is committed to a healthy environment. But the Green Party is not solely committed to just that.

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

Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century.

What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.