Gaylord Nelson
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"Gaylord Anton Nelson" was an United States/American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and Governor of Wisconsin/governor. A Wisconsin Democratic Party/Democrat, he was the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism.

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Teddy Roosevelt of course was a great outdoorsman all his life.

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I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

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I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.

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Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.

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The issues are by some geometric number - 100 or 200 or 500 - times more complicated today than we appreciated them to be when Franklin Roosevelt was around.

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The month of April 2000 will provide an unprecedented showcase for the clean energy options available to individuals, businesses and the government, ... As tens of millions of people take action to support clean energy during Earth Month, the 'New Energy for a New Era' campaign will catapult us toward a clean and affordable energy future.

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It was truly an astonishing grassroots explosion, ... The objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large that it would shake the political establishment out of its lethargy.

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We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.

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John McConnell may have used the phrase Earth Day before we did, (but) he knows our events were not similar. Ours was a political exercise. His was a peace exercise.

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I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

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Population and immigration are very difficult issues to discuss. Democrats and Republicans alike - for very different reasons - avoid it.

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Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

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