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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
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Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.
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We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--- RESPONSIBILITY.
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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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Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
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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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I believe not only that religious faith will be victorious, but that it is vital to humankind that it shall be. We may differ in form and particulars in our religious faith. Those are matters that are sacred to each of our inner sanctuaries. It is our privilege to decline to argue them. Their real demonstration is the lives that we live.
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It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation may differ in their own house but they have instant solidarity in the presence of foreign attack
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Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
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There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.
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I protest that we fans are being emotionally starved and frustrated by long periods of perfect performance of these batteries. More over, when there are nothing but strikes and balls going on, you relapse into your worries over the Bank of England, or something else.
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The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of American life.
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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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Eat plenty, wisely, without waste.
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Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.
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The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.
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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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If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.
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The advancement of knowledge must be translated into increasing health and education for the children.
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[N]o country can squander itself to prosperity on the ruin of its taxpayers.
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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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