Gaylord Nelson Quotes

“In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.”

“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.”

“Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.”

“The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.”

“I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.”

“Adrenaline is an amazing thing.”

“Do for yourself or do without.”

“The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”

“It was possible, I saw now, to be a grotesque, to be huge and free, to wander the streets in utter freedom despite your atrocity, as long as you did it when everybody else was sealed inside their little lit boxes.Now it made sense – why monsters came out at night.”

“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.”