Herbert Hoover actually said...

We use today the trowel with which President Washington laid the cornerstone of the Capitol, 136 years ago.

Remarks Upon Laying the Cornerstone of the New Department of Commerce Building.

06/09/1929

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

It is a fine welcome to the State of Indiana.

All one can say in response to greetings of so warm and cordial a character is wholly inadequate.

We have passed through no less than 15 major depressions in the last century.

The editor in an American community has a most serious responsibility today.