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> [“To some conservationists, the Colorado River is the preeminent symbol of everything mankind has done wrong—a harbinger of a squalid and deserved fate. To its preeminent impounder, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it is the perfection of an ideal. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-reisner/to-some-conservationists-the-colorado-river-is-the-preeminent-symbol/)

[Marc Reisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-reisner/)

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## More by Marc Reisner

> [I believe that anyone who flies in an airplane and doesn't spend most of his time looking out the window wastes his money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-reisner/i-believe-that-anyone-who-flies-in-an-airplane-and-doesn-t-spend-most/)

[Marc Reisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-reisner/)

> [“To some conservationists, the Colorado River is the preeminent symbol of everything mankind has done wrong—a harbinger of a squalid and deserved fate. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-reisner/to-some-conservationists-the-colorado-river-is-the-preeminent-symbol/)

[Marc Reisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-reisner/)

> [If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-reisner/if-surface-water-can-be-compared-with-interest-income-and-non/)

[Marc Reisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-reisner/)

> [Water flows uphill towards money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-reisner/water-flows-uphill-towards-money/)

[Marc Reisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-reisner/)

> [“the American West quietly became the first and most durable example of the modern welfare state.   The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-reisner/the-american-west-quietly-became-the-first-and-most-durable-example/)

[Marc Reisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-reisner/)

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