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Herbert Hoover: Possibly if I had either the time or the inclination to worry over the evils which lurk around the White House it might…

On the recordJanuary 11, 1930
Possibly if I had either the time or the inclination to worry over the evils which lurk around the White House it might decrease my faith in human goodness, but, fortunately, the insistent need for determination of definite action in public matters inhibits such contemplations.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Dr. William O. Thompson, President Emeritus of Ohio State University.

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