Herbert Hoover actually said...

The resolutions that you have taken in our circumstances, prove that a great mind knows how to make personal sacrifices to secure an important general good.

Context

Message to Dedication Ceremonies for a Monument of Admiral Comte de Grasse at the Trocadero Palace in Paris, France.

05/03/1931

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