05/21/1931
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"The ideal solution, of course, would be to excite the press without exciting the country."
"It never has been and ought not to be the policy of the United States to intervene by force to secure or maintain contracts between our citizens and foreign states or their citizens."
"I owe to them a larger obligation for the courtesy of these dinners for over 17 years."
"The objects to be gained by cooperation within an administration between the administration and Congress, between the administration and the leaders of our economic and social forces, are not the pawn..."