It is obvious that the best qualities in man must atrophy i… - Stewart L. Udall

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

Stewart L. Udall

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About Stewart L. Udall

Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official who belonged to the Democratic Party. 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. A staunch liberal, he is best known for enthusiastically promoting environmentalism while in the cabinet, with success primarily under President Johnson.

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America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space, and of an overall environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight.

Gross National Product is our Holy Grail; the economists and statisticians its keepers.

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

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

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