Since 1972, Ive been going around making speeches on the Everglades. No matter how poor my eyes are, I can still talk. Ill talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat. Whoever wants me to talk, Ill come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades.

No one is satisfied with their life's work.

The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass.