Stewart Lee Udall (1920–2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
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A land ethic for tomorrow should be as honest as Thoreau’s Walden, and as comprehensive as the sensitive science of ecology. It should stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life. If, in our haste to “progress,” the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the results will be an ugly America.
—Stewart Udall
Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt.
—Stewart Udall
The one overriding principle of the conservation movement is that no work of man (save the bare minimum of roads, trails, and necessary public facilities in access areas) should intrude into the wonderful places of the National Park System.
—Stewart Udall
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
—Stewart Udall
Topics: Power, Greatness
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.
—Stewart Udall
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