Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The progress of the race within this period has surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the most ardent advocates."

"The American Republics are today rapidly approaching the time when every major difference existing between them will be settled by the orderly processes of conciliation and arbitration."

"Pan American Day will become an outward symbol of the constantly strengthening unity of purpose and unity of ideals of the Republics of this hemisphere."

"If your officers had yielded on this occasion the Red Cross would have been rendered impotent in the face of every future national emergency."