Harry Truman actually said...

"We must never forget that the conservation of our natural resources and their wise use are essential to our very existence as a nation."

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

"I therefore urge that this Congress undertake a program which will provide for the substantial completion within ten years of the flood control projects necessary for the protection of the Mississippi..."

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