Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 12, 1930
It is the soil in which self respect takes root, and from which may then grow all the moral and spiritual enrichments of life.
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message Commending the National Urban League on Its Job Training Efforts for Negroes.

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I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.

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