Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The part which he played in the creation of our institutions has brought daily harvest of happiness to hundreds of millions of humanity."

"We need no attempt at canonization of George Washington."

"Washington had courage without excitement, determination without passion."

"No incident and no part in these great events, which have echoed and reechoed throughout the world for a century and a half, can be separated from the name and the dominant leadership of George Washin..."