Gaylord Nelson
Gaylord Nelson
Gaylord Anton Nelsonwas an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 June 1916
CountryUnited States of America
Gaylord Nelson quotes about
earth events john knows ours peace phrase political
John McConnell may have used the phrase Earth Day before we did, (but) he knows our events were not similar. Ours was a political exercise. His was a peace exercise.
century half last leadership question
In the last half century we haven't had Presidential leadership that addressed this question in the broadest and most important aspect.
fights future ought reasonable whether
The fights in future will not be over whether we ought to do something, but over how we ought to do it, and that's a reasonable debate.
web-of-life around-the-world serious
We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
immigration environment
I'm for the environment but not for limiting immigration.
anytime consequences life web
We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.