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Herbert Hoover: “It is unnecessary for me to argue the fact that the very essence of freedom is obedience to law; that liberty itself has…”

On the recordApril 21, 1929
It is unnecessary for me to argue the fact that the very essence of freedom is obedience to law; that liberty itself has but one foundation, and that is in the law.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Associated Press: Law Enforcement and Respect for the Law.

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