Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The back of the depression cannot be broken by any single Government undertaking."

"We cannot thus squander ourselves into prosperity."

"I am much gratified at the action taken in New York by which a joint committee has been appointed representing financial and industrial leaders of that city for the purpose, amongst other things, of s..."

"If we could have all the energy that is now devoted to creating new committees and conferences devoted to that purpose, that would get us out of this depression in short order."