Gaylord Nelson Quote

All economic activity is dependent upon that environment and its underlying resource base of forests, water, air, soil, and minerals. When the environment is finally forced to file for bankruptcy because its resource base has been polluted, degraded, dissipated, and irretrievably compromised, the economy goes into bankruptcy with it.

Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise (ed. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780299180430