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Herbert Hoover: “It is my belief that this is a vital means of government by the people and for the people, now that the people have…”

On the recordDecember 13, 1929
It is my belief that this is a vital means of government by the people and for the people, now that the people have ceased to live the simple life.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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