Herbert Hoover actually said...

To have secured the immunization of more than half a million children is life saving work of the first magnitude.

Message to the Diphtheria Prevention Commission.

01/06/1932

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

This is a period when the ideals and hopes which have made America the envy of the world are being tested.

It is possible, indeed, that this chapter of history, instead of being written wholly in terms of darkness and despair, may yet be recorded ...

No meeting of this club could assemble at this period without some reference to the hard times which surround us.

These occasions are a contribution to public life.