Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 13, 1929
The greatest catastrophe that could come to our country is that administration policies or legislation or voluntary movements shall be encouraged or enacted upon the basis of emotion, not upon facts and reason.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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