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Bruce Babbitt Quotes

The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago Picture Quote #1

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God’s creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully Picture Quote #1

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God’s creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully Picture Quote #1

What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I’m going to get out of this town and I’m going to go out West Picture Quote #1

Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest Picture Quote #1

They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it’s time for special counsel Picture Quote #1

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What we’ve proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two Picture Quote #1

City parks serve, day in and day out, as the primary green spaces for the majority of Americans Picture Quote #1

Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that’s second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt Picture Quote #1

Obviously I wouldn’t have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It’s been a marvelous and important experience Picture Quote #1

What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I’m going to get out of this town and I’m going to go out West Picture Quote #1

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress Picture Quote #1

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Well, it’s not a pleasant experience. and it’s a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress Picture Quote #1

Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest Picture Quote #1

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process Picture Quote #1

We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue Picture Quote #1

This isn’t just about today, this about generations to come. and you’ve got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since theodore Roosevelt, and I think he’s done it Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing Picture Quote #1

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Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict Picture Quote #1

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged Picture Quote #1

We must identify our enemies and drive them into oblivion Picture Quote #1

What we’ve proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two Picture Quote #1

They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it’s time for special counsel Picture Quote #1

There’s a basic kind of tension here. It’s between those who say, I’d like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that’s an economically productive thing for me to do Picture Quote #1

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No kidding. That’s really true. You’re paying your own bills through this. It’s not a pleasant experience Picture Quote #1

I’m going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let’s get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I’d do it all over again, every single minute Picture Quote #1

I look back on it, yeah, I’m in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I’m going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that Picture Quote #1

We’ve set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up Picture Quote #1

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The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God’s creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God’s creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully. (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I’m going to get out of this town and I’m going to go out West. (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it’s time for special counsel. (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) What we’ve proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two. (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) City parks serve, day in and day out, as the primary green spaces for the majority of Americans (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that’s second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Obviously I wouldn’t have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It’s been a marvelous and important experience (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I’m going to get out of this town and I’m going to go out West (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Well, it’s not a pleasant experience. and it’s a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) This isn’t just about today, this about generations to come. and you’ve got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since theodore Roosevelt, and I think he’s done it (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) We must identify our enemies and drive them into oblivion (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) What we’ve proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it’s time for special counsel (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) There’s a basic kind of tension here. It’s between those who say, I’d like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that’s an economically productive thing for me to do (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) No kidding. That’s really true. You’re paying your own bills through this. It’s not a pleasant experience (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) I’m going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let’s get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) I wouldn’t miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I’d do it all over again, every single minute (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) I look back on it, yeah, I’m in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I’m going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that (Bruce Babbitt Quotes) We’ve set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up (Bruce Babbitt Quotes)