Dams Quote by Ron Kind

For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urge support of the upper…

— Leonard Boswell

While I remain troubled by the Corps' inability to fully justify the Model they used for their commercial traffic predictions, America clearly has an…

— Ron Kind

The Mississippi is not the only river. There's the Tallahatchie and the Big Black. People have been put in the river year after year,…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple…

— Ron Kind

“Dams are built with the intent of a 100-year lifetime — just long enough for societies to become completely dependent on them”

— Daniel Lenihan

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise...

— Mark Twain

Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation…

— Ron Kind

“the total number of dams that alter the Mississippi River watershed is in excess of 50,000.”

— Paul Schneider

The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as…

— Mark Twain

State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.

— Charles Duhigg

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

— Arthur Golden

The idea of the damsel in distress is fast becoming obsolete.

— Nicholas Galitzine