"...conservation of land and conservation of people..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.
More by Eleanor Roosevelt
“How can we be such fools as to go on senselessly taking human life in this way? Why the women in every nation do not rise up and refuse to bring children into a world of this kind is beyond my understanding.”
“Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.”
“those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.”
More on Conservation
“I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. We must never forget that it is our duty to protect this environment.”
“We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.”
“We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.”
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“South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa's most splendid wildlife... Then I think that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land.”
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.This is regarded as probably NOT a quote by Einstein.”
“We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.”