"The American people haven't made up their minds what they want cities to be. They don't know how much agony they want cities to go through. They have to ask themselves: do cities represent an important national resource? And if so, they have to support them."

Robert P. Rosell, Director of Community Development Commission, Detroit. Qtd in "Detroit Struggles to Save Itself, " by Susanna McBee, Washington Post, February 20, 1973, A12.