A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. Adlai E. Stevenson
The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison. Karl Marx
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Edmund Burke
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. Aldo Leopold
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. David Attenborough