“We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants. We wonder why we have got unrest in this country. It is because our government, in fact, has got out of hand and out of line, with the Endangered Species Act.” CountryFactsHandsGovernmentLinesWonderSpeciesUnrestFreemanEndangered SpeciesEndangered Species Act Author:Don Young
“In this country, there is an opportunity for the development of man's intellectual, cultural, and spiritual potentialities that has never existed before in the history of our species. I mean not simply an opportunity for greatness for a few, but an opportunity for greatness for the many.” MenMeanCountryAmericaSpiritualOpportunityGreatnessDevelopmentIntellectualSpecies Author:Edwin Land
“Other countries may boast of this and that, but nobody can touch the United States for poisonous snakes. We have about twenty species, most of them deadly, and Europe has only five or six, none of them much good. We have fifteen kinds of Rattlesnakes alone and nobody else has even one. [Footnote: There is a species in Central and South America, but it probably came from here.]” KindMayCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesFiveSixEuropeTwentiesSouthSpeciesOther CountriesFifteenSnakesBoastPoisonousSouth AmericaRattlesnakesPoisonous Snakes Author:Will Cuppy
“Someone who thinks well of himself is said to have a healthy self-concept and is envied. Someone who thinks well of his country is called a patriot and is applauded. But someone who thinks well of his species is regarded as hopelessly naïve and is dismissed.” ThinkingWellsSaidSelfCountryHealthyConceptsSpeciesPatriotEnviedSelf Concept Book:The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life Source: The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life