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America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space, and of an overall environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight.

— Stewart Udall The Quiet Crisis (1963)

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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.

It is obvious that the best qualities in man must atrophy in a standing-room-only environment.

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

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

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