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It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.
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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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 gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
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Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.
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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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