Theodore Roosevelt, Arbor Day A Quotes

A collection of quotes by Theodore Roosevelt, Arbor Day A.

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States and a prominent conservationist. He played a vital role in creating Arbor Day A, a holiday dedicated to tree planting and environmental awareness. Roosevelt believed in the importance of preserving natural resources and protecting wildlife. As president, he established national parks and wildlife refuges, demonstrating his commitment to environmental conservation. His efforts to conserve forests and promote sustainable land use left a lasting impact on the United States and the world.

We of an older generation can get along with what we have, t

We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted...So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life.

Theodore Roosevelt, Arbor Day A

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