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Sportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.

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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 can at once refute the statement that the people of the West object to conservation of oil resources. They know that there is a limit to oil supplies and that the time will come when they and the Nation will need this oil much more than it is needed now. There are no half measures in conservation of oil.
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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 priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve these, we have made men. We have made citizens and we have made Americans.
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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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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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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
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The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.
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The more one observes, the more clearly does he see that it is in the soil of pure science that are found the origins of all our modern industry and commerce. In fact,our civilization is wholly built upon our scientific discoveries.
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The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
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The only problem with capitalism is the capitalists.
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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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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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Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior.
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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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There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
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Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.
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The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite number of agencies of self help in the community. That has been the American way.
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Lewis Strauss is one of my best friends.
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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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