Best Quotes by Gaylord Nelson (Top 9)

  1. The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
  2. The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.
  3. Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.
  4. We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
  5. Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.
  6. We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done.
  7. The issues are by some geometric number - 100 or 200 or 500 - times more complicated today than we appreciated them to be when Franklin Roosevelt was around.
  8. If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves
  9. It was truly an astonishing grassroots explosion, ... The objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large that it would shake the political establishment out of its lethargy.