Earl Butz Quotes

Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz was a United States government official who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs, but he is best remembered for a series of verbal gaffes that eventually cost him his job. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. July 1909 – 2. February 2008
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Earl Butz Quotes

“Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U. S. negotiating kit”

Earl Butz

Cited in: " Food Fights http://www.inthesetimes.com/mobile/article/food_fights" By Jeremy Gantz on inthesetimes.com

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