Stewart Udall

"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man."

"Over the long haul of life on this planet it is the ecologists — and not the bookkeepers of business — who are the ultimate accountants."

"Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt."

"The real story of settlement was a story of work, not conquest."

"Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the Earth!"

"We who have chopped and mined and built and machined our way to wealth and power now grope out from our cities...for something we cannot forget. Beyond the noise and the asphalt and ugly architecture, we yearn for the long waves and beach grass; we see white wings on morning air, and in the afternoon, the shadows cast by the doorways of history."