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Aldo Leopold Quotes

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
Aldo Leopold



Author Details:
Type:
Environmentalist Quotes
Category:
American Environmentalist Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 11, 1887
Date of Death:
April 21, 1948
Nationality:
American
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Related Authors:
John Muir
David R. Brower
Garrett Hardin
Donella Meadows
Joseph Wood Krutch
Luther Burbank
William Bartram
Roger Tory Peterson

Select Aldo Leopold Quotations:
We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.
Aldo Leopold

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
Aldo Leopold

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Aldo Leopold

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Aldo Leopold

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.
Aldo Leopold

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
Aldo Leopold


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