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The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

George Washington

No cost is too heavy for the preservation of one's honor.

Mahatma Gandhi

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

Herbert Spencer

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

Thomas Hobbes

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

Henry David Thoreau

Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.

Tim Cahill

There is no doubt in our minds there is an extraordinary value for the preservation of this. It is not for everybody. There is clearly a premium to pay for it.

Alan Scimeca

Think about what they mean for the preservation of language, for preservation of text, for the ability of people to tell their stories. It's going to be phenomenal.

Thomas Friedman

It's almost like a cryogenic preservation chamber of what the solar system was like 4 billion years ago. It's a great way to get insight into the formation of the solar system.

Max Mutchler

This is a good deal. We're all for historic preservation, and the Craig Bridge does have a lot of history to it.

Kent Barnes

I don?t know if the best location will be in parks or planning or open-space preservation. There will need to be more detailed discussions.

John Mikowychok

We will be in the national light as a historic property in need of preservation.

Chip Aikens

He devoted himself to the preservation of trees, and when I say devoted, I mean that he made it a full-time job. But in addition to all of his community service, he was just a dear, dear man.

Susan Turner

It's not ideal under preservation standards; it is considered bad preservation by some. Others think it is better to have the building, even if it isn't on its original site.

Jennifer Emerson

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...

Berenice Abbott

Commerce and historic preservation are not mutually exclusive activities in Amador City. In fact, they are inextricably linked. People do not come to Amador City for the latest products or best deals. They come because they enjoy the environment and the ambiance.

Mark Mckenna

Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals, for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.

Gifford Pinchot

I see it as the coordination of activities related to the preservation of the collection and making it available to study and for exhibition.

Duane Watson

We're doing this one library at a time, one manuscript at a time. It's something that any preservation department at any major research library could do.

Gary Frost

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

Sam Houston

Bellinger Cottage is a significant home in Chicago's history. The next owner would be eligible for a Federal income tax deduction in exchange for a written promise of perpetual preservation.

Andrew Fisher

The old plan had no preservation issues built into it.

Patrick Kerney

The interest in land preservation has gotten much wider and deeper. People understand the connection between preserving land and maintaining the natural beauty that drew them here in the first place.

Paul Gallay

A lot of the time, historic preservation is closely linked with what happens with redevelopment activities.

Merrill Flood

Given that (city officials) have done nothing for the preservation cause, and indeed have done a lot of damage to it, (are they) going to seize on this as an opportunity for mass demolition, in order to build something akin to Houston?

Frederick Starr

Our goal would be that all existing agricultural land, accurately and honestly defined, is mitigated by the preservation of other lands at a one-to-one ratio.

Brian Schmidt

My wife and I have lived in Lake Forest for over eight years. We love Lake Forest and serving on the Historic Preservation Committee is a chance to give back some of what this community has given to our family.

David J. Moore

Initially, the Endangered Species Act created a preservation pattern that was oriented species by species. It made for a complex but not very efficient system.

Stephanie Pincetl

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper.

Thorstein Veblen

The Cuban regime does not represent the people, nor does it have any interest in bettering their lives. Rather, the regime is obsessed with self-preservation.

Michael Parmly

I'm 60 years old and don't have a lot of time left. I love history and preservation, so I want to explore this all that I can.

Gary Darling

It's very, very easy to run into problems with displays. The preservation of these mummies is incredible -- there's nothing else like them in the world. So much care has gone into them . . . it would be a shame if that came to a stop now.

Johan Reinhard

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.

Robert Hewison

There appears to have been a concerted effort to open the property up to development in order to create a crisis and cause the expenditure of millions of dollars in public money. You can't get away from the basic fact that this property had five years left of preservation.

Sean T. Connaughton

Historical preservation has been recognized as something that does a lot of good for the state of Florida's economy.

Christopher Eck

This is probably the biggest challenge for historic preservation in American history.

Ron Faucheux

They fail to meet our major criteria, which was maximum access and preservation of that bedrock area.

Anthony Gardner

This is really about the preservation of evidence.

Randy Hopper

The preservation was phenomenal.

James Dunbar

We have to tackle the remaining 30 percent to maintain continuity. I'm cautiously optimistic. We certainly see more panthers today, so I'm optimistic that preservation methods have worked.

Darrell Land

They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines.

Richard Dawkins

We're big friends of PACA (the Preservation and Conservation Association).

Sharon Owens

We're focusing on preservation of capital. I'm telling them to be happy with modest returns.

Mark Groesbeck

We wanted to show the breadth of his expertise as an artist, and how he impacted the preservation of Weir Farm.

Amy Allen

I think it's still a very important piece of legislation. The importance is the preservation of the eligibility for funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Susan O'brien

The other two are protection of biodiversity and preservation of the local ranching economy. We have a guiding framework that's helping managers plan for their individual parcels with all those goals in mind.

Ray Krauss

The historic preservation has some concerns about architectural structures that exist on the property.

Chuck Wilson

There is a balance between economic and preservation in history. Economic opportunity is something my dad wanted, and something I certainly want.

Perry White

Candidates have to follow the Burlington Charter for the Preservation of Historic Covered Bridges, a federal guideline approved in 2003.

Jim Simpson

There is a general feeling that this is more often referred to as an 'open space district' to the exclusion of agricultural preservation. Our feeling is that it has strayed from its original intent.

Lex Mccorvey

Open space preservation is at the forefront of what we all do. Being from Bucks County means being a leader in open space.

James Cawley

We're in the process of doing some preservation work on [a] building [from] 1914. And unfortunately there are some graves around the outside of the building that we don't have any documentation for.

Dale Flatt

The City Council really doesn't care about the Historic Preservation Committee or about historic preservation.

Dominic Candeloro

I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.

Strom Thurmond

His foresight and his total dedication of himself to preservation and the arts in general in Columbus has added tremendously to the cultural opportunities available today.

Janice Biggers

I don't feel like I'm setting out to do any heroic preservation. I just love this music ... I did songs that felt like home to me.

Martina Mcbride

I don't know when Preservation Hall will reopen, but all I know is that it will reopen.

Benjamin Jaffe

We do have a struggle when historic preservation is involved.

Alan Etter

There are portions of the original Native American city the state would like to acquire for preservation.

David Blanchette

It's not the idea of historical preservation we object to; it's the ordinance and the raw power it creates.

Dan Richardson

I'm going to ask the school board to form a committee of historic preservation, Deadwood officials and school district and at large folks.

Pat Milos

We are really a little bit behind is valuing and promoting our historic treasures. The preservation movement has come a long way, it's really not your grandmother's preservation movement anymore.

Linda Wade

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

Ambrose Bierce

According to the ordinance, changes that are requested to take place to designated historic landmarks must be referred to the Chicago Heights Preservation Committee for consideration.

Dominic Candeloro

We've seen growing awareness of film preservation, yet the deterioration and eventual disappearance of films have not come to an end. There's still a race against the clock to save what we can at some point.

Martin Scorsese

Quite frankly, the community has lost confidence in the commissioners' ability to support the Black Forest Preservation Plan, ... I think it's time to incorporate.

Eddie Bracken

We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.

Zahi Hawass