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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
Businessperson
Engineer
Geologist
Mining Engineer
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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover
President Hoover
H. C. Hoover
H. Hoover
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America

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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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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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Fishing is more than fish it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life.
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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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American life is builded ... upon that fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago ... [It] can not survive with the defense of Cain, Am I my brother's keeper?
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National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.
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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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Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government in business, except in emergency, is also a destruction of equal opportunity and the incarnation of tyranny through bureaucracy.
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We supported the cooperative movement among farmers. The movement was still young and stubbornly opposed to the commercial distributors. I believed it to be one of the most helpful undertakings, for according to my social theories any organization run by citizens for their own welfare is preferable to the same action by the government.
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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
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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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I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit.
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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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