The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.
Stewart UdallI plowed fields with horses and worked as a hired hand in high school for 50 cents a day.
Stewart UdallIt induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.
Stewart UdallThe most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth.
Stewart UdallAdmittedly, we must move ahead with the development of our land resources. Likewise, our technology must be refined. But in the long run life will succeed only in a life-giving environment, and we can no longer afford unnecessary sacrifices of living space and natural landscape to 'progress.'
Stewart Udall