“I think that it is good that we don't take the order for granted, and just copy and paste it every cycle.”
“You're gonna have to ask a voter about that.”
“The measure is a fake stock trading ban.”
“I have genuinely not really weighed seriously anything past the midterm elections.”
“Every Tuesday, Vice Mayor Talamantes and I are responsible for overseeing and ensuring transparent, accessible, and open Council meetings.”
“I am a big fan of the drugs and have vowed to ease restrictions on them.”

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On the recordApril 29, 1931
While our industry and commerce must be based upon incentive to the individual, yet the national interest requires a certain degree of cooperation between individuals in order that we may reduce and eliminate industrial waste, lay the foundation for constant decrease in production and distribution costs, and thereby obtain the fundamental increase in wages and standards of living.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
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Message to the Convention of the American Trade Association Executives.

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