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Harold L. Ickes Quotes

d. 1952

Harold LeClair Ickes (March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American politician. He served as Secretary of the Interior for thirteen years, from 1933 to 1946, and was known as President Franklin D.

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Also known as: Harold Ickes

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

This is what the "New Deal" means to me, an era of acute social consciousness and realization of mutual responsibility, a time of reciprocal helpfulness, of greater understanding and willingness to work together for the good of all.

If I had my way about national parks, I would create one without a road in it. I would have it impenetrable forever to automobiles, a place where man would not try to improve upon God.

What we were striving for was a kind of modified form of communism.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harold L. Ickes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.