Herbert Hoover actually said...

"Through the loftiest of all spiritual qualities--charity--it has become the guardian of the people from suffering in times of disaster."

"It represents our people in their most generous, unselfish, and spontaneously warmhearted character."

"By its very purpose it compels the respect for its own flag and its own passports."

"A woman founded the Red Cross and a woman has enlarged its usefulness."