Herbert Hoover actually said...

"We are content with the fundamental democratic principles of government which we have evolved and under which we live."

"As a nation we have grown to a giant strength and power which is so new and vast that we can only vaguely comprehend it."

"There are ever present in the world the causes of friction."

"Statesmen over a generation have realized that with this growth of international law and precedent another method can be contributed to the pacific settlement of a vast number of incidental controvers..."