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American Politician

Stewart Udall was an American politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He is renowned for his advocacy of environmental protection and his role in establishing national parks and conservation areas.

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“Admittedly, we must move ahead with the development of our land resources. Likewise, our technology must be refined. But in the long run life will succeed only in a life-giving environment, and we can no longer afford unnecessary sacrifices of living space and natural landscape to 'progress.'”

Giving Long Running Moving Natural Space Technology Environment Progress Sacrifice Land Development Succeed Resources Landscape Long Runs Unnecessary Refined Moving Ahead

Author:Stewart Udall

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

Source: 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow

“Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.”

Energy Environment Missions Renewable Energy Mining Clean Energy Uranium Mining

Author:Stewart Udall

“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 over-all environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight.”

Today America Nature Wealth Space Environment Land Environmental Noise Pollution Ugliness Shrinking Vanishing Pinnacle America Today Blight Open Spaces

Book:The Quiet Crisis

Source: The Quiet Crisis

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

Men Rooms Quality Environment Standing Population Obvious Atrophy

Book:The Quiet Crisis

Source: The Quiet Crisis

“Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.”

President Environment Gerald Ford

Author:Stewart Udall

About the Author

Born: January 31, 1920
Died: March 20, 2010
Known for: American Politician
Quotes: 44

Books & Sources

The Quiet CrisisRelated source material

The quiet crisis and the next generationRelated source material

1976: Agenda for TomorrowRelated source material

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