Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Quotes

• Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse.

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• I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started. … And an enormous debt to boot!

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• We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really nothing more than caretakers of a bankrupt international machine which will have to be transformed slowly into a new one. The transition will not be dramatic, but a gradual one. People will still cling to national symbols.

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• We [Federal Government] have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.

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• We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. And I have just one interest, and if I am wrongsomebody else can have my job. I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our promisesI say after eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we startedAnd an enormous debt to boot!

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• I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our promises.

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