Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Professions : Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Born : May 11, 1891 Died : February 6, 1967 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Henry Morgenthau, Jr. 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! Henry Morgenthau, Jr. money jobs country 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. political government world 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. jobs country people 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. machines transition people 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. spending government doe I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started. … And an enormous debt to boot! Henry Morgenthau, Jr. unemployment eight years Similar Authors Andrew Mellon former-united-states-secretary-of-the-treasury Donald T. Regan former-united-states-secretary-of-the-treasury David F. Houston former-united-states-secretary-of-the-treasury Henry Paulson former-united-states-secretary-of-the-treasury Hugh McCulloch former-united-states-secretary-of-the-treasury Henry H. Fowler former-united-states-secretary-of-the-treasury All Authors
