Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.
Gaylord NelsonWe must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
Gaylord NelsonI 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.
Gaylord NelsonThe most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.
Gaylord NelsonThe bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the U.S. supporting it, took the position in Cairo in 1994 that every country was responsible for stabilizing its own population. It can be done. But in this country, it's phony to say 'I'm for the environment but not for limiting immigration.'
Gaylord Nelson