#wilder

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#merits #own #pro #quid #quo

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#cannot #committee #ever #fact #half

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#comes #common #common denominator #denominator #designation

None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life. ↗

— Thomas Cole

#hand #how #know #life #man

We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#i #legislative #legislative process #part #process

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. ↗

— Tacitus

#empire #make #peace #plunder #slaughter

LT was just a wilder person. I don't go that route no more. ↗

— Lawrence Taylor

#i #just #lt #more #person

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness. ↗

— George Aiken

#felt #found #i #need #often

Here is the world. It is not a safe place, but however frightening and bewildering life may become, we can survive our fears, grab them by the wolf ’s tail as Peter did, and make peace with the world. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#fear #peter-the-wolf #safety #survival #survive

To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#nature #wilderness #imagination