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On the recordDecember 13, 1929
Presidents have long since learned that one of the undisclosed articles in the Bill of Rights is that criticism and digging of political graves are reserved exclusively to members of the legislative arm.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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