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On the recordJuly 21, 1930
We should, by this act of willingness to join with others in limiting our arms, have dismissed from the mind of the world any notion that the United States entertains ideas of aggression, or imperial power, or exploitation of other nations.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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