"In the early days our forefathers could cut down a forest or exhaust the fertility of a farm and then blithely move to a new forest or a new farm... The highest concept of statesmanship was to make it possible for the eager, aggressive pioneer to possess, to despoil and then repeat the process indefinitely. ...[Shortsided and unchecked greed resulted in] denuded forests, floods, droughts, a disappearing water table, erosion, a less stable and equable climate, a vanishing wildlife."
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Republican Party (United States) politiciansPoliticians from PennsylvaniaUnited States Secretaries of the Interior
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as quoted by Douglas H. Strong, Dreamers & Defenders: American Conservationists (1988) Ch. 7 "Harold Ickes," p.157
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Harold L. Ickes
Harold LeClair Ickes (March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American politician. He served as [[w:United States Secretary of the Int
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