05/24/1937
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"I have too much historical background and too much knowledge of existing dictatorships to make me desire any form of dictatorship for a democracy like the United States of America."
"Attempts at detailed reorganization by the Congress itself have failed many times in the past."
"It is ordered that paragraph 4, Subdivision III, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:"
"I have no inclination to be a dictator."