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