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Herbert Hoover: “I know of no expenditure of public money from which a greater economic and moral return can come to us than by assuring…”

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I know of no expenditure of public money from which a greater economic and moral return can come to us than by assuring the most effective conduct of our foreign relations.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover emphasizes the importance of effective foreign relations for economic and moral returns on public spending.

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