I hesitate to contemplate the future of our institutions, of our Government, and of our country if the preoccupation of its officials is to be no longer the promotion of justice and equal opportunity but is to be devoted to barter in the markets
Herbert Hoover: “I hesitate to contemplate the future of our institutions, of our Government, and of our country if the preoccupation of…”
On the recordMarch 2, 1931
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Veto of the Muscle Shoals Resolution
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