Harry Truman actually said...

"In that way we shall save ourselves untold billions and pave the way for the wealth production that surely will flow from the integrated development of our valleys."

"The economy of controlling floods as compared with the cost of continuing under the handicap of their disruptive force has been amply demonstrated."

"Measures for flood control should be integrated with plans for the use and conservation of water resources for other purposes."

"the major opportunity of our generation to increase the wealth of the Nation lies in the development of our great river systems."