Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The true growth of the Nation is the growth of character in its citizens."

"Carried to its logical extreme, all this shouldering of individual and community responsibility upon the Government can lead but to the superstate where every man becomes the servant of the State and ..."

"I am convinced that where Federal action is essential then in most cases it should limit its responsibilities to supplement the States and local communities, and that it should not assume the major ro..."

"While the dramatic period of Lincoln's life was engrossed with these tremendous problems, yet he was a man of many interests."