I am sure the American people have no desire to attempt to extract any sum beyond the capacity of any debtor to pay.
Herbert Hoover: “I am sure the American people have no desire to attempt to extract any sum beyond the capacity of any debtor to pay.”
On the recordJune 19, 1931
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