We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.

Only when there is a wilderness can man harmonize his inner being with the wavelengths of the earth. When the earth, its products, its creatures, become his concern, man is caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and live with humanity and reverence.

The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on over the next ridge and over the one beyond. The call is that of a wilderness known only to a few...This last American wilderness must remain sacrosanct.

I would rather create a precedent than find one.

The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.

The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.