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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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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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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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Eat plenty, wisely, without waste.
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The spiritual uplift, the goodwill, cheerfulness and optimism that accompanies every expedition to the outdoors is the peculiar spirit that our people need in times of suspicion and doubt...No other organized joy has values comparable to the outdoor experience.
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Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the trouble. There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don't turn and look back on any behind you.
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One who brandishes a pistol must be prepared to shoot.
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Even if security from the cradle to the grave could eliminate [all] the risks of life, it would [still] be a dead hand on the creative spirit of the American people.
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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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The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.
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Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.
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Three qualities of greatness stood out in Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of staunch morals. He was more than just an idealist he was the personification of the heritage of idealism of the American people. He brought spiritual concepts to the peace table. He was a born crusader.
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The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
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Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.
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Baseball is the greatest of all team sports.
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Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.
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We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.
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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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America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
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Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
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The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.
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