Herbert Hoover actually said...

It represents our people in their most generous, unselfish, and spontaneously warmhearted character.

A woman founded the Red Cross and a woman has enlarged its usefulness.

This combination of the warm heart and the cool head in action is a perpetual source of just pride to the American people, for it represents...

Supported wholly by the voluntary gifts of the people, it is managed by the voluntary service of high-minded private citizens.