| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 9388 |
| QUOTATION: | We cannot permit the extreme in the environmental movement to shut down the United States. We cannot shut down the lives of many Americans by going to the extreme on the environment. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Bush (b. 1924), U.S. Republican politician, president. Speech, May 30, 1992, at campaign rally, California.
On the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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