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We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.
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
Herbert C. Hoover
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Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is the Bible on the political side, the Constitution.
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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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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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The people have a vital interest in the conservation of their natural resources in the prevention of wasteful practices.
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Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.
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The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of American life.
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Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
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Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
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It was the transcendent fortitude and steadfastness of these men who in adversity and in suffering through the darkest hour of our history held faithful to an ideal. Here men endured that a nation might live.
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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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Lewis Strauss is one of my best friends.
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The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.
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The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the principles of individual and local responsibility and mutual self-help before they embark on what I believe to be a disastrous system. I feel sure they will succeed if given the opportunity.
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The outlook of the world today is for the greatest era of commercial expansion in history. The rest of the world will become better customers.
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Liberalism is a force truly of the spirit proceeding from the deep realization that economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.
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The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.
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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
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Eat plenty, wisely, without waste.
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Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.
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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
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