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Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.
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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Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.
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My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere.
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Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.
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