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
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.
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.
bush calls himself president
President Bush calls himself an environmentalist. I think his heart's in the right place, but he hasn't demonstrated any leadership.
base nearly nuclear resource sustains threat war
The threat of nuclear war isn't nearly as important as the threat of the destruction of our resource base which sustains us.
fate issues important
The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind.
issues important environmental
The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.
sacrifice grandchildren men
The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
jobs ocean air
The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.
earth-day our-society needs
There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and where less can be more.
air water goal
Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.
environment decent persons
Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment.
giving done damage
We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done.
country organization issues
As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes from some proponents of immigration that if you oppose the immigration policy we have now, you're a racist.. There is no way in the world we can forge a sustainable society without stabilizing the population. ... There's no practical way of stabilizing the population of the U.S. without reducing the immigration rate. When do we decide we have to do something, or do we wait until things are as bad here as they are in the countries people want to leave?