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I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated...

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about attitude, vision

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about money, age, olderness

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and...

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, public, creation, opinion, country, people

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, chance, work, country

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, work

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact...

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about philosophy

Look, I think by the time my case was over and other ones, everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress said we can't run a government by this kind of process and they repealed the law and that's good.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, law, good, good luck, time

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, conflict

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own...

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about life, experience

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

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about earth

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, moral, celebrity, end, nothing, time

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, chance

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about world, creation, harmony, need, god, work

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about country, use, destruction

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, dispute

What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get...

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about opinion, city

What we've proven is that you can protect the...

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.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about nature, economy, conflict, use

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

Quote by Bruce Barton about fear, hope, error, vision, progress, action, change

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks...

Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

Quote by Bruce Barton about hope

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, ...

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.

Quote by Bruce Barton about affair, thinking, day, life

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