Herbert Hoover said "I have even searched through the intimate history of my predecessors since George Washington, endeavoring earnestly to discover remedies, antidotes, sedatives, irritants, stimulants, and experience." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 13, 1929

I have even searched through the intimate history of my predecessors since George Washington, endeavoring earnestly to discover remedies, antidotes, sedatives, irritants, stimulants, and experience.

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Herbert Hoover

Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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