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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Hoover
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: August 10
Died: 1964
Died: October 20
31St U.S. President
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Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover
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Bureaucracy is ever desirous of spreading its influence and its power. You cannot extend the mastery of the government over the daily working life of a people without at the same time making it the master of the people's souls and thoughts.
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Eat plenty, wisely, without waste.
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The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.
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Progress will march if we hold an abiding faith in the intelligence, the initiative, the character, the courage, and the divine touch in the individual. We can safeguard these ends if we give to each individual that opportunity for which the spirit of America stands.
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The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists they're too damn greedy.
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The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.
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