Herbert Hoover: “It is folly to think that because we are the richest Nation in the…”

On the recordJuly 6, 1930

It is folly to think that because we are the richest Nation in the world we can out build all other countries.

Said by

Republican · California

Source

Message to the Special Session of the Senate on the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament.

More from Herbert Hoover

Jun 23, 1932

We cannot restore employment in the United States by these methods.

Jun 21, 1932

Provided further, That the charge for the issue of an original passport shall be $9.

Jun 21, 1932

The armaments of the world have grown up in general mutual relation to each other.

Jun 21, 1932

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

Other voices in this conversation

Herbert Hoover: “It is folly to think that because we are the richest Nation in the world we can out build all other countries.”