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On the recordMay 29, 1930
The weaving of freedom is and always will be a struggle of law against lawlessness, of individual liberty against domination, of unity against sectionalism, of truth and honesty against demagoguery and misleading, of peace against fear and conflict.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Memorial Day Address at Gettysburg Battlefield

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