Herbert Hoover said "It never has been and ought not to be the policy of the United States to intervene by force to secure or maintain contracts between our citizens and foreign states or their citizens." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 12, 1929

It never has been and ought not to be the policy of the United States to intervene by force to secure or maintain contracts between our citizens and foreign states or their citizens.

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Herbert Hoover

Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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