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Herbert Hoover: “It is progress of and service of a nation in the upbuilding of the institutions of freedom; its contribution to the…”

On the recordApril 12, 1929
It is progress of and service of a nation in the upbuilding of the institutions of freedom; its contribution to the growth of liberty, the development of humane relations, the advancement of the individual man--which measures the soul and might of nations.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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