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The Constitution is America's glue, Democracy is the Constitution's glue.

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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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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover
President Hoover
H. C. Hoover
H. Hoover
Democracy
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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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