Political Quotes

On the recordMay 30, 1929
The reiterated act of placing one's commercial aims before the public in cold type, day after day, compels one to subject his own motives to a criticism as severe as that which he expects from the public scrutiny.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the International Advertising Association's Convention.

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