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Hunger is the mother of anarchy.
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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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover
President Hoover
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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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When the outcome of a meeting is to have another meeting, it has been a lousy meeting.
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Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.
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Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.
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Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.
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