"I can not too earnestly urge that the Director of the Census be relieved from this unfortunate situation."
"It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people."
"We know now that our rivers can and should be made to serve our people effectively in transportation."
"As it stands it is an irrefutable proof that the conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation."
"We know now that our mineral resources once exhausted are gone forever."
"The great basic facts are already well known."
"The first of all considerations is the permanent welfare of our people."
"It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people."
"With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally."
"The facts set forth in this report constitute an imperative call to action."
"It is essential that it should correctly describe the general situation; and that the present inventory does."