“Our air, water, soil, forests, oceans, rivers, lakes, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, minerals, that is the wealth of the country.” CountryWaterWealthAirOceanRiversEnvironmentalForestsSoilLakesWildlifeMineralsHabitatScenic Author:Gaylord Nelson
“This broken country extends back from the river for many miles and has been called always be Indian, French voyager and American trappers alike, the Bad Lands.” Has BeensCountryLandBrokenRiversMilesIndian Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“After nightfall the face of the country seems to alter marvelously, and the clear moonlight only intensifies the change. The river gleams like running quicksilver, and the moonbeams play over the grassy stretches of the plateaus...The Bad Lands seem to be stranger and wilder than ever, the silvery rays turning the country into a kind of grim fairyland.” KindCountryPlaySeemsRunningFacesClearLandRiversStrangerRaysMoonlightGrimGleamWilderNightfallMoonbeamsPlateaus Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside a few rivers in their natural state should be considered an obligation.” ShouldHas BeensCountryStatesNaturalRiversEnvironmentalObligationIndigenousSpendthrift Author:Frank Church
“Los Angeles was a place after my own heart. The people were hospitable. The country had the same attraction for me that it had for the Indians who originally chose this spot as their place to live. The Los Angeles River was a beautiful, limpid little stream, with willows on its banks. It was so attractive to me that it at once became something about which my whole scheme of life was woven, I loved it so much.” PeopleHeartLittlesCountryWholeBeautifulMy OwnRiversAttractionSpotsAttractiveStreamsLos AngelesSchemesWovenPlaces To Live Author:William Mulholland
“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle: and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. In poetic minds and in popular enthusiasm this feeling becomes closely associated with the soil and the symbols of the country. But the secret sanctification of the soil and the symbol is the idea which they represent, and this idea the patriot worships through the name and the symbol, as a lover kisses with rapture the glove of his mistress and wears a lock of her hair upon his heart.” MenMindHeartIdeasCountryFeelingsCertainNamesSecretPrinciplesLandHairLoversMountainKissingWorshipAreasRiversWoodsLoyaltyEnthusiasmSymbolsSoilPatriotismPoeticLocksPatriotMistressGlovesRaptureSanctification Book:On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891 Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
“In every country the mountains are fountains, not only of rivers but of men. Therefore we all are born mountaineers, the offspring of rock and sunshine.” MenCountryBornRocksMountainRiversSunshineFountainOffspring Author:John Muir
“If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.” IfsKnowsCountrySportsWaterBoysWatchesSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingPopular Sports Author:Hal Borland