Gifford Pinchot

Natural History American 1865 – 1946 101 quotes

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.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national mind.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national will.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national strength.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national power.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national glory.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national existence.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national perpetuity.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national immortality.

Speech 1908

The conservation of our natural resources is a question of national eternity.

Speech 1908

Conservation is the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

Book 1910

Without waste of resources, there can be no progress; with waste, progress is impossible.

Book 1910

The fight for conservation must be waged in the schoolroom as well as in the forest.

Speech 1908

Forestry is the science of making the most of the land without destroying it.

Letter 1898

We are not building this country of ours for a day; it is for the ages.

Speech 1907

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Interview 1930

Conservation demands that we protect the soil, the forests, the waters, and the minerals.

Book 1910

Politics is the art of the possible, but conservation makes the impossible possible.

Speech 1932

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.

Letter 1945

The training of a forester is the training of a statesman.

Book 1917