Mo Udall Quotes

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It is essential that we provide the best possible care for our wounded and disabled veterans.

When it comes to love, everyone is a liar.

Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes to scare the hell out of blacks.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.

If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition.

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.

Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

I think politicians sometimes badly underestimate the true feelings that Americans have for the land.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.

Gross National Product is our Holy Grail.

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.

Good politics are often inextricably intertwined.

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Well the appeals happening because we believe the certification process uh, hasn't worked out the way it should, that there hasn't been substantial evidence to support their certification.

They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front.

With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy.

It is obvious that the best qualities in man must atrophy in a standing-room-only environment.

Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back.

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt.

The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth.

Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.

As a part of preparing those lawsuits, learning about those lawsuits, I learned about the various nuclear issues in parts of the nuclear production process I guess you'd say.

There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence.

It's a national concern, I mean how we dispose of nuclear waste in a safe way, how we deal with this incredible amount of nuclear waste we have created over the years.

Let's turn inflation over to the Post Office. That'll slow it down.

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.

I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time.

Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.