Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The reduction in governmental expenditures and the stability of Government finance is the most fundamental step that we can take to this end."

"Our first duty as a nation is to put our governmental house in order-national, State, and local."

"But our first duty as a nation is to put our governmental house in order--national, State, and local."

"The developments of the past week should give great assurances to the country."