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[N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers.

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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
President Hoover
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