Herbert Hoover actually said...

I regret that I must refuse to accede to the requests.

Message to the Senate Refusing to Return Senate Resolutions of Advice and Consent for Appointments to the Federal Power...

01/09/1931

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

Supported wholly by the voluntary gifts of the people, it is managed by the voluntary service of high-minded private citizens.

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

Mrs. Amy Cowing may be appointed as a clerk-typist in the Department of Agriculture without reference to the provisions of the civil-service...

I EXTEND congratulations on the opening tonight of your New York theatre.