Our duty to the earth.

• Author: La Follette, Robert M.
• Position: 1909 - Robert M. La Follette - Quotation - Brief article

This globe is the capital stock of the race. It has just so much coal and oil and gas. These may be economized or wasted. Our water resources are immense, and we are only just beginning to use them. Our forests have been destroyed; they must be restored. Our soils are being depleted; they must be built up and conserved.

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