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Herbert Hoover: War arises from a state of fear, a sense of injustice, and an ill will which culminates in uncontrollable national…

On the recordApril 13, 1930
War arises from a state of fear, a sense of injustice, and an ill will which culminates in uncontrollable national passions.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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