It's relatively easy to generate a lot of enthusiasm for Puget Sound in the short term. Sustaining the effort to clean it up is somewhat tougher.

- William Ruckelshaus

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

- William Ruckelshaus

It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward …

- William Ruckelshaus

No one should have to dance backward all of their lives.

- William Ruckelshaus

Industries and businesses that must operate in the marketplace of free choice know that they must change, they must adapt, they must accommodate to c…

- William Ruckelshaus

You go into a community and they will vote 80 percent to 20 percent in favor of a tougher Clean Air Act, but if you ask them to devote 20 minutes a y…

- William Ruckelshaus

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

- William Ruckelshaus

Why argue about things you can't prove?

- William Ruckelshaus

Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.

- William Ruckelshaus