11-27-2019, 08:35 PM
Remember when the Republican Party had genuine statesmen? Here was one of them:
William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and U.S. government official. He was the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970, was subsequently acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then Deputy Attorney General of the United States. During 1983 through 1985 he returned as EPA Administrator. Ruckelshaus resigned as deputy attorney general in 1973 during the Saturday Night Massacre.
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William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and U.S. government official. He was the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970, was subsequently acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then Deputy Attorney General of the United States. During 1983 through 1985 he returned as EPA Administrator. Ruckelshaus resigned as deputy attorney general in 1973 during the Saturday Night Massacre.
Much more at Wikipedia.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.