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Hunger is the mother of anarchy.

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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
H. C. Hoover
H. Hoover
Anarchy
Hunger
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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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