Quotes About Preservation

It takes two years for the salt to reach the center of a wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

When the Basque whalers applied to cod the salting techniques they were using on whale, they discovered a particularly good marriage because the cod is virtually without fat, and so if salted and dried well, would rarely spoil. It would outlast whale, which is red meat, and it would outlast herring, a fatty fish that became a popular salted item of the northern countries in the Middle Ages.

It is essential, therefore, that in republican government, representatives avoid efforts intended to change the general spirit of the nation—that is, the legislator must help preserve and protect society, not eradicate it.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."6

As President Reagan famously declared, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."1

I'm not so much interested in the return ON my money as I am in the return OF my money.

Why do we wait until a pig is dead to "cure" it?

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.

I dont believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we have to do everything we can to protect it for future generations.

Sustainability is here to stay or we may not be

We are too quickly losing important landscapes in this country to development - and I worry that if we do not act to protect them now, future generations will grow up in a profoundly different world.

We must protect our most precious resource, our environment, for future generations.

The wilderness that has come to us out of the eternity of the past, we have the boldness to project into the eternity of the future.

I have long come to believe that, more than any other destruction, our word-recklessness is endangering the future of us all.

We're in 'Jurassic Park' territory. If we go to the zoo in the future, we'll have zoos for extinct animals.

We should also start taking care of the future, not just the heritage.

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.

We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather in the future.

We need to act now. Otherwise the biodiversity that makes Australia so wonderfully unique is going to be lost to us forever.

I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised.