I do not mean that partisan preferences should hinder any public servant in the performance of a conscientious and patriotic official duty.
Warren G. Harding: “I do not mean that partisan preferences should hinder any public servant in the performance of a conscientious and…”
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Harding emphasizes that personal political preferences should not interfere with public service duties.
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We can not go far wrong when we base our tariffs on the policy of preserving the productive activities which enhance employment and add to our national prosperity.
It will be helpful to ourselves and it will improve conditions among our debtors if funding and the settlement of defaulted interest may be negotiated.
It were better to, remain on firm ground, strive for ample employment and high standards of wage at home, and point the way to balanced budgets, rigid economies, and resolute, efficient work as the necessary remedies to cure disaster.
The repeal of war-time legislation and the automatic expirations which attended the peace proclamations have put an end to these emergency excesses but I have the wish to go further than that.