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On the recordDecember 13, 1929
My conception of government leads me to the firm conviction that we have arrived at a time in our history, because of the increasing complexity of our civilization and the delicacy of its adjustments, when we must make doubly certain that we discover the truth.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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