environomental quotes

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. (American Proverb)
The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers: a demographic explosion that triggers social chaos and spreads death, nuclear delirium and the quasi-annihilation of the species… Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years. (Jacques Cousteau)
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little. (Oscar Wilde)
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. (Theodore Roosevelt)
Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow. (George H. W. Bush)
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. (Jimmy Carter)
The Supreme Reality of Our Time is…the Vulnerability of our Planet . (John F. Kennedy)
We still have too much air and water pollution and we still need to work to reduce it. But we also need to put the problem of pollution into a historical as well as scientific perspective… (Ronald Reagan)
When you’ve spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it’s exciting to have a real crisis on your hands. (Margaret Thatcher)
While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil. (Thomas Jefferson)