Quote of the Day (Udall)

“Over the long life of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.”—Stewart L. Udall, speech to Congress of Optimum Population and Environment, June 9, 1970
(For a brief history of 1970, the zenith of American environmentalism, see today’s “This Day in Environmental History” post.)