"It is impossible to carry the American people along with you on a program of caution to forestall a threatening position."
— Harold L. Ickes

January 1, 1970

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Republican Party (United States) politiciansPoliticians from PennsylvaniaUnited States Secretaries of the Interior
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The Prize (1993 Edition) by Daniel Yergin. Original source was Roosevelt's papers, as listed in The Prize's Bibliography.