6 Quotes & Sayings By Stewart Udall

Stewart Udall was born in Denver, Colorado on May 23, 1909. During his second year as a student at the University of Colorado, he became acquainted with a Quaker friend, Wayne Aspinall, who was a member of the faculty and head of the political science department. The two became close friends and, after graduating from the university in 1930, Udall decided to study law at Yale instead of pursuing a career in business. At Yale, Udall became a member of the secret society Psi Upsilon Read more

He also met and married Pamela Myers. In 1932 he graduated from Yale Law School and joined his father's law firm in Denver. Two years later he was elected district attorney of Denver County by a wide margin.

In 1943 he was elected to the United States Congress from Colorado's 5th Congressional District as a Democrat. During his short stint in Congress, Udall was elected chairman of the House Rules Committee and later served on the House Interior Committee.

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Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth. Stewart Udall
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The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility. Stewart Udall
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Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
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The environmental effects of the automobile are well known: motor vehicles cause, for example, as much as 75 percent of the noise and 80 percent of the air pollution in our cities, and the industry must face mounting pressure from environmentalists. Stewart Udall
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Lady Bird Johnson did more than plant flowers in public places. She served the country superbly by planting environmental values in the minds of the nation's leaders and citizens. Stewart Udall