Herbert Hoover actually said...

The difficulties of agriculture cannot be cured in a day; they cannot all be cured by legislation; they cannot be cured by the Federal Government alone.

Context

Message to the Special Session of the Congress on Farm Relief, Tariff, antedating Emergency Legislation.

04/15/1929

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