Stewart Udall Quotes

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth.

Lady Bird Johnson did more than plant flowers in public places. She served the country superbly by planting environmental values in the minds of the nation's leaders and citizens.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.... -Stewart Udall

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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The quote suggests that there is a tendency to mistake or equate power with true greatness or excellence, indicating a concern about the misperception of what truly defines greatness.

In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic age into the most mythologized event in American history.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wil... -Stewart Udall

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

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.'

The environmental effects of the automobile are well known: motor vehicles cause, for example, as much as 75 percent of the noise and 80 percent of the air pollution in our cities, and the industry must face mounting pressure from environmentalists.

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