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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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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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Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.
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I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.
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No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.
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The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.
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Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.
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No prosaic description can portray the grandeur of 40 miles of rugged mountains rising beyond a placid lake in which each shadowy precipice and each purple gorge is reflected with a vividness that rivals the original.
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Love what is ahead by loving what has come before.
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Prosperity is just around the corner.
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Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time!
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Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.
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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
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Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government in business, except in emergency, is also a destruction of equal opportunity and the incarnation of tyranny through bureaucracy.
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Hunger is the mother of anarchy.
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We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--- RESPONSIBILITY.
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Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.
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My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.
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The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.
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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
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