The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Don Young
- We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants. We wonder why we have got unrest in this country. It is because our government, in fact, has got out of hand and out of line, with the Endangered Species Act.
- I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.
- If I have my way, I’m going to dissolve the Forest Service. They’re in the business of harvesting trees and they’re not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore?
- I don’t see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution.
- You’ve got to be willing to forgive and say, ‘God, get something good out of something bad.’ And if you’ll make that choice… God will do it.
- If it is warming, it’s because it’s happened before, cyclitic, it will happen again, regardless of what you and I do.
- That’s one of our biggest problems, it’s always somebody else’s fault instead of our own fault.
- I can’t convince you to put the drink down if you’re an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can’t convince you to stop eating the cookies when you’re a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.
- Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we’re going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn’t have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.
- If you can’t eat it, can’t sleep under it, can’t wear it or make something from it, it’s not worth anything.
Don Young, born June 9, 1933, in Meridian, California, was a prominent American politician and the longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska, holding office from 1973 until his death in 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Young was known for his staunch advocacy for Alaskan interests, including energy development, fisheries, and native issues.
Before his political career, he served in the U.S. Army, worked as a teacher, and was a tugboat captain. Young earned a bachelor’s degree in teaching from Chico State College. His tenure in Congress was marked by his chairmanship of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee, where he played a key role in shaping transportation and environmental policies.
Young’s direct, often blunt style and deep commitment to his constituents left a lasting legacy on Alaskan politics and American legislative history.
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