Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 310 |
| AUTHOR: | Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) |
| QUOTATION: | The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | This sentence is one of many quotations inscribed on Cox Corridor II, a first floor House corridor, U.S. Capitol. |
| SUBJECTS: | Conservation |