John Curtis actually said...

"I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that..."

"The repeal of this designation is critical to proper management of these lands."

"In the West we know far better how to manage these lands, and have done better for decades and decades, than any bureaucrat in the East Coast could ever imagine or ever dream of managing these lands."

"Nothing good has come out of that designation for the land in Utah, for the local tribes, and for the people who participate in this land."