Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 18, 1931
It is not too much to say that without Washington the war for independence would not have been won.
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.

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