[T]he great champion of the opponents of liberty, namely communism, had to find some other place to go and they basically went into the environmental movement.
Harrison SchmittIt might be helpful to realize, that very probably the parents of the first native born Martians are alive today.
Harrison SchmittBut I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space.
Harrison SchmittI don't think the human effect [of climate change] is significant compared to the natural effect.
Harrison SchmittNothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of regulating climate, as impossible as that would be under any realistic scenarios. No national security emergency exists relative to climate that would warrant increased governmental control of energy production. Today's Americans have an obligation to future Americans to elect leaders who do not believe in an omnipotent government but believe, as did the Founders, in limited government, and in the preservation of liberty and the natural rights of the people.
Harrison Schmitt