Herbert Hoover actually said...

The fact that the pound is taken off its fixed value of $4.86 is not the abandonment of the gold standard even for the pound.

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, Executive Order No. 5327 of April 15, 1930, withdrawing certain lands for purposes of ...

We can carry our present expenditures without jeopardy to national stability. We cannot carry more without grave national risks.

No man can doubt the character and idealism of men who have gone into the trenches in defense of their country.