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The Constitution is America's glue, Democracy is the Constitution's glue.
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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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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Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
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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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Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.
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