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On the recordFebruary 21, 1932
From the inspiration and the ideals which gave birth to this Nation, there has come the largest measure of liberty that man has yet devised.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Opening the Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Birth of George Washington

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