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There is no other book so various as the Bible, nor one so full of concentrated wisdom.

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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
Herbert C. Hoover
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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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Love what is ahead by loving what has come before.
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Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.
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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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Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next.
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The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished it will break into flames that will destroy every coercion which seems to limit it.
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When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.
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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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The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.
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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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We have gold because we cannot trust governments
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When the outcome of a meeting is to have another meeting, it has been a lousy meeting.
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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.
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The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
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Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
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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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There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.
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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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Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
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