Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Your achievements as a group are very gratifying, particularly in educating the public as to the place Federal reclamation takes in our economic existence."

"The prolonged drought has given added emphasis to the benefits of irrigation."

"The National Reclamation Association was organized to encourage the conservation of water, the greatest Western resource."

"Few have been placed in a situation more difficult, more open every day and every hour to the possibility of a misunderstanding of grave issues by the American public."