Stewart Udall
Stewart Udall
Stewart Lee Udall was an American politician and later, a federal government official. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 January 1920
CountryUnited States of America
facing people
The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.
holy-grail gross capitalism
Gross National Product is our Holy Grail.
president environment gerald-ford
Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.
war government people
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.
land utah today
Utah today remains a battleground for land-use policies.
Washington's a cesspool of money.
energy administration carter
One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.
population growing doing-nothing
In a region with a growing population, if you're doing nothing, you're losing ground.
thinking united-states colorado
I think the Colorado Plateau is the most scenic area in the world - let's begin with that. Not just the United States.
individualistic
We're all pretty individualistic.
fighting president administration
I dont remember a big fight between the Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon administration or President Gerald Ford and so on.
philosophy book men
For those who want to understand the issues of the environmental crisis, Encounters with the Archdruid is a superb book. McPhee reveals more nuances of the value revolution that dominates the new age of ecology than most writers could pack into a volume twice as long. I marvel at his capacity to listen intently and extract the essence of a man and his philosophy in the fewest possible words.
today parks tradition
The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.
horse school hands
I plowed fields with horses and worked as a hired hand in high school for 50 cents a day.