"Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow." -- Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
Republicans were key in the evolution of the Conservation movement. Now you can't even say the word "evolution" or "conservation" without most Conservatives losing their minds. Money, power, greed, religion (some might say $ is their new religion)...yay. Today's visionary leaders don't have the almighty dollar to back them up, in turn they are silenced.