Ronald Reagan actually said...

"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value."

"Most important of all, we have learned that the Federal government has played an important role in protecting and preserving natural resources, but that it has not acted and should not act alone."

"We have shown people everywhere that we have the environmental awareness, the political will, and the technical understanding necessary to resolve the resource use conflicts."

"As Teddy Roosevelt put it, 'Conservation means development as much as it does protection.'"