Harry Truman actually said...

The choice is ours. We can sit idly by--or almost as bad, resort to the false economy of feeble and inadequate measures--while these precious assets waste away.

Context

Truman warned against inaction and inadequate measures regarding resource conservation.

07/15/1947

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