Herbert Hoover actually said...

"Mr. Gannett has shown a high sense of public responsibility in the management of his newspapers."

"The matter is not perhaps one of large importance in itself, were it not for the fact of the great number of other similar proposals by the aggregate of which the principles of sound coinage are being..."

"There are a great many historical events which it is not only highly proper but desirable to commemorate in a suitable way, but the longer use of our coins for this purpose is unsuitable and unwise."

"They introduce an element of confusion and lack of uniformity."