Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Edward Babbittis an American politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Babbitt served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987, and as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 through 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 June 1938
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
thinking breathing rivers
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.
abandon choice correct forests fuel instead loads manage
We have no choice but to manage these forests to get the fuel loads down. We can't abandon this program. What we've got to do instead is to correct the mistakes,
enemy oblivion
We must identify our enemies and drive them into oblivion.
eight years shapes
The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago.
mirrors facts wilderness
It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.
thinking land president
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.
gods-creation needs harmony
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.
people born century
I am one of those people who deeply resents not having been born in the 19th century, when there were still open places to explore.
jobs practice ecosystems
I would argue that practices that destroy ecosystems always destroy jobs.
cities space green
City parks serve, day in and day out, as the primary green spaces for the majority of Americans.
mean reality government
The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the direction of the American economy is at complete variance with the reality of where the American economy is headed. I mean, it's like dinosaurs gathering to talk about the evolution of a new generation of mammals.
country long heritage
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.
agency began behind embedded mistakes process
With those mistakes embedded in it, the process began with the agency and participants behind the curve.
balance california hope recreation represents spirit
I think it represents a spirit of hope for California to find a better balance between agriculture, recreation and the environment,