“I hope a start at getting some oil out of the enormous Alaska field isn't indefinitely mired in a bureaucratic morass as a result of our national concern for the ecology. This concern must not be so misguided, misdirected, misused that it serves to stop economic growth, to bankrupt companies, to stifle new development, new jobs, new horizons. In fighting new pollution and stemming present pollution, exciting, sometimes costly means and methods exist and others will evolve. But blanket legislative naysaying to expanding power and energy sources is stupid, self-defeating.”
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Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes was an accomplished publisher, best known for his leadership of Forbes magazine, a globally renowned business and finance publication. Under his tenure, Forbes magazine was transformed into a global brand. more
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