Herbert Hoover actually said...

"On this second anniversary of your transatlantic flight to France, I wish personally and upon behalf of the Nation to congratulate you and your gallant comrades upon that triumph of courage and skill ..."

"Nevertheless, all men of good-will must press steadily toward that goal if civilization is to survive."

"Mrs. Edna May may be appointed as an Operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without compliance with the requirements of the civil service rules."

"In this forward march of the human spirit, poets lead the way with their visions of the ideal, and therefore you do well, in your memorial to Robert Burns, to stress his aspiration toward the time whe..."