Herbert Hoover actually said...

Respect for law and obedience to law does not distinguish between Federal and State laws--it is a common conscience.

Address to the Associated Press: Law Enforcement and Respect for the Law.

04/21/1929

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

The Shipping Board, in its present form at least, should be abolished.

It is the very keystone of recovery.

Without it the several measures for restoration of public confidence and reconstruction which we have already undertaken will be incomplete ...

The American people are no less courageous and no less wise than the people of other nations.