Richard Cordray Quotes
I am pretty good at getting back people's money.
Cordray, Richard. "Ohio Gubernatorial Debate." Ohio Debate Commission, 19 Sept. 2018.
of German assets stolen from European victims
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, tried his hand as a gun manufacturer early in the history of the new nation. He persuaded President Thomas Jefferson that he could manufacture muskets with interchangeable parts in an era where each gun was made uniquely and there were no “spare parts.” So Whitney was the first of the American Defense Contractors. He was also the first to fail to deliver on his contract. His guns were years late and when they were finally delivered, they were very expensive and worse, not very good. The reason that this quotation is cited is that while Irvine was trying to recover the taxpayer’s money, Whitney visited the Secretaries of State and War as well as President Madison and members of Congress. The result was to give Whitney another chance and another big order for 15,000 guns. Even Whitney later admitted that these were not very good. Some argue that this quotation shows that nothing has changed much in military procurement and defense spending.
The Arabs again attacked Israel. Arab Artillery was set up and shelled Israel from Hebron, a major West Bank Arab City. The Israeli military then captured Hebron. On Ben-Gurion’s instructions, the city was returned. With the possible exception of the American Allies after WWII there has been no other modern war where captured territory of the aggressive loser was so rapidly returned to the aggressor.
City motto taken from the latin phrase “Pro tanto quid retribuamus” from Psalms 116:12 of the Latin Vulgate Bible.
Richard Adams Cordray is an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from 2012 to 2017. Prior to his appointment, Cordray variously served as Ohio's Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Treasurer. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2018.
