Herbert Hoover actually said...

"His lifelong search for truth, fructifying in more than a thousand inventions, made him the greatest inventor our Nation has produced, and revolutionized civilization itself."

"It is given to few men of any age, nation, or calling to become the benefactor of all humanity."

"He multiplied light and dissolved darkness; he added to whole wealth of nations."

"I mourn his passing as a personal friend over a quarter of a century."