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Herbert Hoover: “The conviction that every person in the Republic owes a service to the Republic; that the Republic rests solely upon the…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1930
The conviction that every person in the Republic owes a service to the Republic; that the Republic rests solely upon the willingness of everyone born into it to bear his part of the duties and obligations of citizenship is as important as the ability to read and write--for that is the only patriotism in peace.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

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