We have to preserve it and ... by Bruce Babbitt, an American Politician

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“We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.”

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Name: Bruce Babbitt

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jun 27, 1938

Profession: Politician

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Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

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No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.

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Well, it's not a pleasant experience. And it's a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress.

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I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let's get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved.

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There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.

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