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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.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. / Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury
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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.
⇛ Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury)

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

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury

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

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury

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Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury

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.

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury

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