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> [The 1930s had been a time of tremendous economic distress. And the unemployment rate was enormously high by any historic standard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-neill/the-1930s-had-been-a-time-of-tremendous-economic-distress-and-the/)

[William O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-neill/)

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## Other authors on 1930s

## More by William O'Neill

> [The 1930s had been a time of tremendous economic distress. And the unemployment rate was enormously high by any historic standard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-neill/the-1930s-had-been-a-time-of-tremendous-economic-distress-and-the/)

[William O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-neill/)

> [I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-neill/i-ve-never-professed-to-be-an-intellectual-i-don-t-try-to-be/)

[William O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-neill/)

> [It's kind of a terrible irony, in a way, that the solution to America's problems was World War II.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-neill/it-s-kind-of-a-terrible-irony-in-a-way-that-the-solution-to-america-s/)

[William O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-neill/)

> [I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-neill/i-ve-had-the-school-of-hard-knocks-and-i-ve-worked-my-way-up-to-be/)

[William O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-neill/)

> [Meeting all walks of life, it broadened your horizons, let's say that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-neill/meeting-all-walks-of-life-it-broadened-your-horizons-let-s-say-that/)

[William O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-neill/)

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