James G. Watt

"That is the delicate balance the Secretary of the Interior must have: to be steward for the natural resources for this generation as well as future generations. I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns; whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to leave the resources needed for future generations."

"My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns."

"I never use the words Democrats and Republicans. It's liberals and Americans."

"The first day was spectacular. ... The second day started to get a little tedious, but the third day I wanted bigger motors to move that raft out. ... On the fourth day we were praying for helicopters and they came."

"We have every mixture you can have. I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent."

"We will mine more, drill more, cut more timber."

"Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That's not good for America."

"If the troubles from environmentalists cannot be solved in the jury box or at the ballot box, perhaps the cartridge box should be used."

"Everything Cheney's saying, everything the president's saying — they're saying exactly what we were saying 20 years ago, precisely … Twenty years later, it sounds like they've just dusted off the old work."

"God gave us these things to use. After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back."