Benjamin Harrison actually said...

There would seem to be no object in the Government's making a contract for work if the contract is only to be binding upon the parties in the event that the contractor realizes a profit.

Context

Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill for the Relief of the Portland Company, of Portland, Maine

09/30/1890

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