Herbert Hoover actually said...

We can carry our present expenditures without jeopardy to national stability. We cannot carry more without grave national risks.

It is hereby ordered that the following-described vacant public lands, which are situated on either side of or upon islands in the Mississip...

He was a great educator and was a scholarly contributor to science, to the advancement of education and to thought upon public questions.

Our Government is and must be responsive to the will of the people expressed through considered public opinion.