Gifford Pinchot
First chief of US Forest Service who advocated conservation, stating that conservation means the greatest good for the greatest number.
Quotes by Gifford Pinchot
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national heart.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national mind.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national will.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national strength.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national power.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national glory.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national existence.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national perpetuity.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national immortality.
The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national eternity.
Conservation is the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.
Without waste of resources, there can be no progress; with waste, progress is impossible.
The fight for conservation must be waged in the schoolroom as well as in the forest.
Forestry is the science of making the most of the land without destroying it.
We are not building this country of ours for a day; it is for the ages.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Conservation demands that we protect the soil, the forests, the waters, and the minerals.
Politics is the art of the possible, but conservation makes the impossible possible.
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.
The training of a forester is the training of a statesman.