Herbert Hoover actually said...

"Every American's thought of this great battlefield of Gettysburg flashes with the instant vision of the lonely figure of Lincoln, whose immortal words dominate this scene."

"Pursuant to authority contained in sections 5 and 6 of the act of Congress approved June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 628), the rates prescribed in said act are hereby announced as effective for the fiscal year..."

"Without those earlier efforts, conditions today would be much worse, but still the steadily increasing traffic has outrun all measures of safety."

"All clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, except those who may for special public reasons be excepted from the provisions of this order, or those whose absence..."