Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The ultimate goal of the American social ideal is equality of opportunity and individual initiative."

"Under Federal control the varied conditions of life in our country are forced into standard molds, with all their limitations upon life, either of the individual or the community."

"Carried to its logical extreme, all this shouldering of individual and community responsibility upon the Government can lead but to the superstate where every man becomes the servant of the State and ..."

"I am convinced that where Federal action is essential then in most cases it should limit its responsibilities to supplement the States and local communities, and that it should not assume the major ro..."