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I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

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
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I believe not only that religious faith will be victorious, but that it is vital to humankind that it shall be. We may differ in form and particulars in our religious faith. Those are matters that are sacred to each of our inner sanctuaries. It is our privilege to decline to argue them. Their real demonstration is the lives that we live.
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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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I suppose I could have called in the whole of the Army, but what was the use? All I had to do was call in Main Street itself.
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The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all laws.
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Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.
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Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
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It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation may differ in their own house but they have instant solidarity in the presence of foreign attack
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Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.
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While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover.
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Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
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Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
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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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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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I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine and, despite the set-backs caused by the disorders there during the last few years, I have been heartened by the progress which has been made and by the remarkable accomplishments of the Jewish settlers in that country.
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New discoveries in science and their flow of new inventions will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.
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