Herbert Hoover actually said...

The unparalleled rise of America has not been the result of riches in lands, forests, or mines; it sprung from the ideas and ideals which liberated minds and stimulated the spirits of men.

Context

Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.

10/18/1931

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