Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I am sure the whole Nation bids Godspeed to the American delegation that leaves tomorrow for the London Naval Conference."

"I recommend that, as an act of grace and without reference to the question of the legal liability of the United States, an appropriation in the amount of $500 be made to effect settlement of this clai..."

"I am happy to receive Your Majesty's message of new year wishes."

"The resolve to advance world peace by mutual good will and by the limitation of naval armaments is the earnest purpose of the British and the American peoples and of their governments and it is my hop..."