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31st U.S. President

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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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Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
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“While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover.”

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Book:Address of President Hoover at the Annual Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States: Washington, D. C., Thursday, May 1, 1930, at 9:30
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“I can at once refute the statement that the people of the West object to conservation of oil resources. They know that there is a limit to oil supplies and that the time will come when they and the Nation will need this oil much more than it is needed now. There are no half measures in conservation of oil.”

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Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
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“The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the principles of individual and local responsibility and mutual self-help before they embark on what I believe to be a disastrous system. I feel sure they will succeed if given the opportunity.”

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Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
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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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Author:Herbert Hoover
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“You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an obligation upon any part of the American people. My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. My whole life has taught me what America means. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.”

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Book:The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928
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“Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They have increased the standards of living and comfort. They have eliminated infinite drudgery. They have increased leisure. But that gives more time for devilment. The work of science has eliminated much disease and suffering. It has increased the length of life. That, together with increase in productivity, has resulted in vastly increased populations. Also it increased the number of people engaged in devilment.”

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Author:Herbert Hoover
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