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"A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and low flow."

"Underlying many aspects of water development is a myth: the myth that we must have more."

"Even though this generation still believes in the miracle working power of God, they must no longer wait for God to bring water from the rocks, but rather construct dams, water systems, subdue the pow..."

"Dams also tend to be built in remote areas which are the last refuge for species that have been displaced by development in other regions."

"In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe."

"I don’t know why we keep building these fucking dams,” Adams said in a surprisingly forceful British whisper. “Not only do they cause environmental and social disasters, they, with very few exceptions..."

"What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy?The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps '“baffling'” would be a better word. Dams almost..."

"A dam tears at all the interconnected webs of river valley life."

"By erecting thirty thousand dams of significant size across the American West, they dewatered countless rivers, wiped out millions of acres of riparian habitat, shut off many thousands of river miles ..."