Herbert Hoover: “Thrift is not hoarding. It is the wise provision against future needs.”

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that lands within the Toiyabe National Forest…

I do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been able to make for yourself in the Diplomatic Service.

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

We have no desire for offensive armament.