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“For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind.”

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Archie Carr, born on June 16, 1909, and died on May 21, 1987, was an accomplished marine biologist known for his groundbreaking research on coral reef ecosystems. more

“The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while they destroyed. We have passed this stage.... Here in the U.S. we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy our forests and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals - not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at best it looks as if our people were awakening.”

“Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people today, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we have no right to squander.”

People Today Environment Generations Bird Property Beast Belonging Unborn Wild Beasts

Book:Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails

Source: Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails

“Local conservation programs can help our communities shape thoughtful growth.”

Helping Growth Community Environment Shapes Program Locals Thoughtful Conservation Our Community

Author:Will Rogers

“Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.”

Thinking Men Hours Horse Philosopher Spending Plenty Cowboy Time To Think Saddles Cowboys And Horses

Author:Charles Marion Russell

“Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind”

Kind Permit Eugenics Degenerates Ebola Reproducing Depopulation

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“Journalism is organized gossip.”

Funny Journalism Organized Gossip

Author:Edward Eggleston

“It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.”

Army Size Brooms

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the cause is there.”

People Ifs Knows Causes Generosity Marvelous

Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933

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