American - President | August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
Herbert Hoover
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At 17, I went to Stanford University to study engineering. My time was occupied with the required reading and the extracurricular duties of managing the baseball and football teams and earning my way.
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A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.
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The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
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Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.
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We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.
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No public man can be just a little crooked.
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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
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Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.
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If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.
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This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.
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Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
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