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Herbert Hoover: “No American will arise today and say that we wish one gun or one armed man beyond that necessary for the defense of our…”

On the recordNovember 10, 1929
No American will arise today and say that we wish one gun or one armed man beyond that necessary for the defense of our people.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Armistice Day Address.

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