Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 7, 1931
It is not only changing horses while crossing a stream but the other horse would not arrive for many months.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on the Disapproval of a Bill To Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System

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