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" I don't like the term 'dynasty.' "

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" I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.' "

" Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea. "

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" Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back. "

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" I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series of gradual steps toward new transportation and energy policies, livable cities, and more humane, efficient transit systems. "

" Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. "

" The Indians may have in their religion and culture a reverence for the land. But then they get into the pressures created by modern society. Unless they are reasonably well-educated, they can't deal with them. "

" Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission. "

" Washington's a cesspool of money. "

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" Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth. "

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" It gives me satisfaction to help people. "

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" So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are. "

" Some environmentalists have had the feeling that Indians are not good stewards. I've always been critical of that. "

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" I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles. "

" We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. "