Herbert Hoover actually said...

"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..."

"I have one question that I can't very well answer without making trouble for other people."

"I am able to announce the acceptance of three men on the Farm Board."