Political Quotes

“today, as we celebrate Earth Day, we should stop to consider our air, the quality of life, and the world we will leave our children. And because of the lessons that he taught that we should pass on to our children, this is the right occasion to look back on the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt, a great Republican, a true conservative, who first taught America the importance of conservation. Under President Roosevelt's stewardship, America first endorsed the wise use of our natural resources, established the National Park System, and preserved for all time the great Yellowstone National Park. In a message to Congress on December 3, 1907, President Roosevelt said: To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought--by right--to hand down to them amplified and developed. President Roosevelt's words are as true today as when spoken 90 years ago. We Republicans can be proud of President Roosevelt's heritage, but as a nation we must implement President Roosevelt's vision of leaving our children an environment and an economy better than that which we inherited. We are all environmentalists. We have to be. Who can be against our life support system? Our own personal experiences make the environment an emotional issue. All of us have great stories of the outdoors.…”