Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. -Aldo Leopold

 

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Aldo Leopold quotes in our collection. Aldo Leopold is known for saying 'Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.' as well as some of the following quotes.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

Aldo Leopold
236

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

Aldo Leopold
208
Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. -Aldo Leopold
204

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Aldo Leopold
202

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is thinking about.

Aldo Leopold
180
In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. -Aldo Leopold
163

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Aldo Leopold
136