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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away.

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.