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There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

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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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All men are equal before fish.
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While I can make no claim for having introduced the term rugged individualism, I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used by American leaders for over a half-century in eulogy of those God-fearing men and women of honesty whose stamina and character and fearless assertion of rights led them to make their own way in life.
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Hunger is the mother of anarchy.
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I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit.
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Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
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Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
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If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.
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Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.
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It is always possible that occasional individuals may have overstepped the law and humanity in treatment of criminals and those charged with crime, and if so, they should be severely punished.
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A boy has two jobs. One is just being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man.
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