Political Quotes

On the recordApril 7, 1930
Emotion is permissible only in contemplation of their service to humanity.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers on Receiving the First Hoover Gold Medal

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