A voluntary deed by a man impressed with the sense of responsibility and brotherhood of man is infinitely more precious to our national ideals and national spirit than a thousandfold poured from the Treasury of the Government under the compulsion of law.
Herbert Hoover: “A voluntary deed by a man impressed with the sense of responsibility and brotherhood of man is infinitely more precious…”
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Address to the Annual Convention of the American National Red Cross.
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