American - President | August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
Herbert Hoover
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Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
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America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
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The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.
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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
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It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.
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The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread.
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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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New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.
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Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.
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Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.
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The engineer performs many public functions from which he gets only philosophical satisfactions. Most people do not know it, but he is an economic and social force.
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