Herbert Hoover actually said...

"But the greater glory of the Red Cross belongs to the people themselves."

"The 50 years of the life of the Red Cross, which the American people celebrate today, have been years of evolution of an impulse and an idea and a method to produce this greatest institution in allevi..."

"It is as truly theirs as the flag or the public school."

"Through the loftiest of all spiritual qualities--charity--it has become the guardian of the people from suffering in times of disaster."