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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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Three qualities of greatness stood out in Woodrow Wilson. He was a man of staunch morals. He was more than just an idealist he was the personification of the heritage of idealism of the American people. He brought spiritual concepts to the peace table. He was a born crusader.
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The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.
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My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.
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It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
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America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
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No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.
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Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.
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But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people unless they conform with the traditions of our race, deeply grooved in their sentiments through a century and a half of struggle for ideals of life that are rooted in religion and fed from purely spiritual springs.
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When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
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We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.
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Many women are now holding posts of grave responsibility in city and country and state and nation, and their number must be greatly increased.
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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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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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Along with currency manipulation, the New Deal introduced to Americans the spectacle of Fascist dictation to business, labor, and agriculture.
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I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine and, despite the set-backs caused by the disorders there during the last few years, I have been heartened by the progress which has been made and by the remarkable accomplishments of the Jewish settlers in that country.
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