Quotes about Conservation
The mission of men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country, from every solitary beaver swamp and mountain-side, as soon as possible.
— Henry David Thoreau
For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled for it.
— Herman Melville
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
— Wendell Berry
The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World
— Henry David Thoreau
If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
— Wendell Berry
The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future.
— Desmond Tutu
The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced.
— Helen Keller
Nature abhors annihilation.
— Cicero
Wildness is the preservation of the World.
— Henry David Thoreau
A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop down the forests indiscriminately without suffering greatly.
— Jay Parini
Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.
— Roger Williams
Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.
— Wendell Berry