Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I will give it most careful consideration as the situation develops."

"Mrs. Germaine M. Finley may be appointed to an appropriate position in the classified service without reference to the requirements of the civil service rules."

"I wish to express my appreciation of your kind suggestion."

"His span of life covers a generation fast passing, among whose leaders he played a great part and to whom we of this generation owe much of our splendid inheritance."