The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. (Theodore Roosevelt)

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.

Theodore Roosevelt

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