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Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

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Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President Quotes

“An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is a thing of the spirit. It is a generous and humane desire that all men may share equally in a common good. Our ideals are the cement, which binds human society.”

“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”