Herbert Hoover actually said...

"On the merits or demerits of these alternatives as to this very small part of the fleet of about 1,125,000 tons, our naval advisers are sharply divided."

"I have no other questions except one on the District appropriations, and I anticipate that the committees will be able to find some solution without stopping the works of the District."

"The United States scraps three battleships, the British five, and Japan one, and postpones the enormous expenditure for renewals under the Washington Treaty until after 1936."

"We accomplish that without building a single ship."