--- title: "3 Harold L. Ickes Quotes - Famous Politician (The secret diary of Harold L. Ickes.)" description: "Harold LeClair Ickes was an American administrator, politician and lawyer. Browse 3 Harold L. Ickes quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harold-l-ickes-145532-40497.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Harold L. Ickes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harold-l-ickes-145532-40497.jpg) # Harold L. Ickes (1874–1952) Politician United States **3** quotes in **17** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Harold L. Ickes was a politician from the United States, best known for *The secret diary of Harold L. Ickes.*. ## Quick Facts About Harold L. Ickes Born March 15, 1874 Died February 3, 1952 Nationality United States Profession Politician Notable works The secret diary of Harold L. Ickes. Spouse Anna Wilmarth Ickes ## About Harold L. Ickes Harold LeClair Ickes was an American administrator, politician and lawyer. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 13 years from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest-serving Cabinet member in U.S. history after James Wilson. Ickes and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only original members of the Roosevelt Cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency. ## Awards & Honors Pugsley Medal ## Quotes by Harold L. Ickes > [What we were striving for was a kind of modified form of communism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-l-ickes/what-we-were-striving-for-was-a-kind-of-modified-form-of-communism/) Harold L. Ickes [Communism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/harold-l-ickes-84394_communism_what-we-were-striving-for-was-a-kind-of_315815.jpg) > [It is impossible to carry the American people along with you on a program of caution to forestall a threatening position.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-l-ickes/it-is-impossible-to-carry-the-american-people-along-with-you-on-a/) Harold L. Ickes [American people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/harold-l-ickes-84394_american-people_it-is-impossible-to-carry-the-american-p_399356.jpg) > [The trouble with Senator Long is that he is suffering from halitosis of the intellect.That's presuming Senator Long has an intellect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-l-ickes/the-trouble-with-senator-long-is-that-he-is-suffering-from-halitosis/) Harold L. Ickes [Intellect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intellect/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/harold-l-ickes-84394_intellect_the-trouble-with-senator-long-is-that-he_695990.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-l-ickes/#itemlist", "name": "Harold L. Ickes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we were striving for was a kind of modified form of communism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harold L. 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