Herbert Hoover actually said...

My own duty and that of all executive officials is clear--to enforce the law with all the means at our disposal without equivocation or reservation.

Message to the Congress Transmitting Report of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.

01/19/1931

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It is represented that this measure merely provides loans against a future obligation and that, therefore, it will cost the American people ...

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I return herewith, without my approval, H.R. 17054, 'An Act to increase the loan basis of adjusted service certificates.'

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