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Self-preservation is the first law of nature. -- Samuel Butler
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. -- Andrew Marvell
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life. -- Thomas Hobbes
We habitually engage in meddling with nature. Until this century most of this meddling was good. Witness the preservation of the European countryside. But since then we've smoked it up and littered it and dumped too much in too many waters. I don't think it's our privilege to behave this way. -- Lewis Thomas
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. -- Alexander Hamilton
Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe. -- Robert Boyle
Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand? -- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical. -- Taylor Dane
Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature. -- Samuel Adams
Nature does require her time of preservation, which perforce, I her frail son amongst my brethren mortal, must give my attendance to. -- William Shakespeare
How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health! -- Henry David Thoreau
It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature. -- Mary Wollstonecraft
If the incentives are aligned right - towards better preservation and restoration of nature and natural resources - then you'll see a tremendous amount of activity in that direction. -- Ramez Naam

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