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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4

Book by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 9 quotes · Principles, Forests, Hands

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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4 Quotes

“The handling of our forests as a continuous, renewable resource means permanent employment and stability to our country life. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the slopes, retaining the moisture in the ground, and controlling the equable flow of water in our streams.”

“Are we going to take the hands of the federal government completely off any effort to adjust the growing of national crops, and go right straight back to the old principle that every farmer is a lord of his own farm and can do anything he wants, raise anything, any old time, in any quantity, and sell any time he wants?”

“Forests are the lungs of our land.”