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It seems to me, gentlemen, that if I were as rich as you say you are, and as badly scared as you appear to be, I would, in this hour of my country's distress, just buy that gunboat myself!
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “It seems to me, gentlemen, that if I were as rich as you say you are, and as badly scared as you appear to be, I would…”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson humorously suggests that wealthy individuals should take personal responsibility during a national crisis.
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