If we break down this sense of responsibility of individual generosity to individual and mutual self-help in the country in times of national difficulty and if we start appropriations of this character we have not only impaired something infinitely valuable in the life of the American people but have struck at the roots of self-government.
Statement on Public vs. Private Financing of Relief Efforts.
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Provided further, That the charge for the issue of an original passport shall be $9.
That the validity of a passport . . . shall be limited to a period of two years.
I feel very proud of that tribute, and I appreciate very much the attitude of the press about it.
I propose the adoption of the presentation already made at the Geneva Conference for the abolition of all tanks, all chemical warfare, and all large mobile guns.
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